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
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
Gustav Kirchhoff (left) and Robert Bunsen (right)
Bunsen's grave in Heidelberg's Bergfriedhof
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.
Robert Bunsen
…His work with Cadet's fuming liquid was an important step in the development of the radical theory of organic compounds. In 1841, Bunsen created the Bunsen cell battery, using a carbon electrode instead of the expensive platinum electrode used in William Robert Grove's electrochemical cell. Early in 1851 he…
Bunsen's cell