Flame Burner with Atomizer

Description:

Here, a Bunsen burner, a vessel for solution, and an atomizer are mounted together. When attached to an air supply, the atomizer blows a fine spray of the solution in the gas, giving a bright, broad frame with the color characteristic of the salt used.

Ref: Gaertner Scientific Corporation ad in Science 62 (July 31, 1925): ix.

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Gift of Wallace M. Yater, Jr.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: CH.320958Catalog Number: 320958Accession Number: 243599

Object Name: Atomizer Burner

Measurements: overall: 5 in x 4 in; 12.7 cm x 10.16 cmoverall: 6 1/2 in x 6 in x 4 3/8 in; 16.51 cm x 15.24 cm x 11.1125 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e154-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_2414

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