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24: 1617: 242: 135:. Flame temperatures of up to 1,100–1,200 °C (2,000–2,200 °F) are achievable. Compared with a Bunsen burner, the lower part of its tube has more openings with larger total cross-section, admitting more air and facilitating better mixing of air and gas. The tube is wider, and its top is covered with a plate 143:
to the bottom of the tube, which is a risk at high air-to-fuel ratios and limits the maximal rate of air intake in a Bunsen burner. The flame burns without noise, unlike the Bunsen or
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or in some glassblowing operations. The burner was introduced by French chemist Georges Méker in an article published in 1905.
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Nouveaux bruleurs de laboratoire et leur application au chauffage a temperature elevee
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The Meker–Fisher burner heat output can be in excess of 12,000 
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Bunsen burner
Hot plate
Heating mantle
laboratory
burner
flames
Bunsen burner
inoculation loop
BTU
kJ
W
LP gas
mesh
flashback
Teclu burners
Bunsen burner
Teclu burner


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