What is Bunsen Burner Day?

Bunsen Burner Day is a holiday that resembles the date of birth of the inventor Bunsen Burner. Although the status is not considered to be a main holiday in any country or a group of countries, Bunsen Burner Day has been observed for many years. Holidays are found every year at the same date of the calendar and often recognizes them with strong interest in chemistry and science in general.

31. March of March every year Bunsen Burner Day is a celebration of German chemist Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen. Van Bunsen, born in 1811, is a generally recognized inventor of Bunsen's burners. Although there are some historians about the development of chemistry that maintain von Bunsen, it was not a creator, but rather a refinery of the equipment, there is a general consensus that the equipment used in chemical laboratories and classrooms around the world is today's work von Bunsen.

The Bunsen burner itself is a very simple device that consists of a long hollow tube. The combination of gas and air helps to create a flame that drives the burner, which makes it easierIt controls the amount of flame and heat by adjusting the mixture of both compounds. Many people get their first look at Bunsen, while at junior universities as part of scientific tasks and experiments. Large corporations that develop a wide range of chemically -based products that use the equipment normally. Similarly, educational and research institutions also commonly use the Bunsen burner in laboratories around the world.

There is some difference in opinions on when and where the actual observance of Bunsen Burner Day began. One theory is that the holiday comes from Germany, the family von Bunsen and began in the early 20th century. Another theory will place the beginning of Bunsen Burner Day in the middle of 20. Century with a combination of British and American chemists combining efforts to honor the work of von Bunsen. In general, Celebrants agree that the holiday was created for some time after the death of von Bunsen in 1899.