Bunsen cell
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The Bunsen cell is a zinc-carbon primary cell composed of a zinc anode in dilute sulfuric acid separated by a porous pot from a carbon cathode in nitric or chromic acid.
Bunsen's cell
Robert Bunsen
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Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen was a German chemist. He investigated emission spectra of heated elements, and discovered caesium in 1860 and rubidium in 1861 with the physicist Gustav Kirchhoff. The B
Bunsen cell
…sulfate and 2 moles (or parts) each of water and nitrogen dioxide (gaseous, in the form of bubbles). The cell is named after its inventor, German chemist Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, who improved upon the Grove cell by replacing Grove's expensive platinum cathode with carbon in the form of pulverized coal and coke. Like Grove's…
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
Gustav Kirchhoff (left) and Robert Bunsen (right)
Bunsen's grave in Heidelberg's Bergfriedhof