March 31st is National Bunsen Burner Day. It honors the birthday of Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, a German chemist. The Bunsen burner is a common piece of lab equipment named after Robert Bunsen. The Bunsen burner produces a single open gas flame used for heating, sterilization, and combustion. The gas can be either natural gas (usually methane) or a liquefied petroleum gas, such as propane, butane or a mixture of the two. The invention of the Bunsen burner made it easier to use natural gas. We all remember this tool from school! It's used to teach chemistry and is found around the world. Students at least learn about it during high school. It's a standard tool in chemistry.

National Bunsen Burner Day is an annual celebration observed on March 31st of every year.

This holiday is named after a very important scientist for chemistry. However, we could not find the person who created National Bunsen Burner Day.