How does a gas stove make a flame?
Kitchen Lightning
How does a gas stove make a flame?
You turn the knob on a gas stove, and whoosh — a circle of blue flame appears, ready to cook. But where does that flame come from? What's actually happening when you twist that dial?
Hidden beneath your stove is a pipeline carrying natural gas — the same stuff that heats many homes. Natural gas is mostly methane, a molecule made of one carbon atom hugging four hydrogen atoms. It's invisible, it has no color, and it's incredibly good at one thing: burning.
