For the demonstration in the video below, [F-J] dangled a steel ball from a chain into a Bunsen burner flame and dunked it into 150 ml of room-temperature water. After a nice long toasting ...

We can learn from this near miss. Uncontrolled Bunsen burner use presents a significant fire hazard since they produce an open flame and burn at a high temperature. They should only be used in ...

waist-length hair whipped across the top of the Bunsen burner. The unmistakable stench of burning hair—mixed with the lingering chemicals from my perm—hit me like a wall. Panicked, I glanced over my ...