Quote Originally Posted by Synapse View Post
(Hot)Red/Orange > Blue > White (Hottest).. The bunsen burner has orange and blue fire because the Blue fire has high oxygen involved, so its pure burning, compared to incomplete burning(orange) producing soot.
Oh yeah.

Well spotted. Been 10 years since my last chemistry lesson so I'm a little bit rusty on this, had a feeling I'd gotten it backwards somewhere though. ^.^