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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

gas lighter when presses produces flames.explain.

Profile image of kiran kumar
12 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Suraj Prasad
11 Years ago
A gas lighter is a device which is used to ignite the gas stove. It is used in gas stoves which do not have automatic ignition systems. It uses a physical phenomenon called piezo-electric effect to generate an electric spark which ignites the combustible gas from the stove burner.