Bunsen Burner Nickel plated burner tube 100 x 12 mm, with adjustable screwed air regulator, riffled connector, mounted on a stove enamelled, pressed steel wide base of 80 mm dia. Overall height 125 mm. With one spare jet. Bunsen burner, named after Robert Bunsen, is a common piece of laboratory equipment that produces a single open gas flame, which is used for heating, sterilization, and combustion.