Bunsen, Robert

Robert Bunsen, German chemist, 1811-1899

Bunsen investigated emission spectra of heated elements, and discovered caesium (in 1860) and rubidium (in 1861) with the physicist Gustav Kirchhoff. Bunsen developed several gas-analytical methods, was a pioneer in photochemistry, and did early work in the field of organoarsenic chemistry. With his laboratory assistant, Peter Desaga, he developed the Bunsen burner, an improvement on the laboratory burners then in use. The Bunsen–Kirchhoff Award for spectroscopy is named after Bunsen and Kirchhoff.

  • Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm, German chemist (1811-1899). Autograph letter signed ("RWBunsen").Heidelberg, 17 Apr 1875.

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  • Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm, Chemiker (1811-1899). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Heidelberg, 28 Nov 1880.

    € 500.00