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  1. Robert Bunsen - Wikipedia

    The Bunsen–Kirchhoff Award for spectroscopy is named after Bunsen and Kirchhoff. Bunsen also developed several gas-analytical methods, was a pioneer in photochemistry, and did early …

  2. Robert Bunsen | Inventor, Physicist, Spectroscopy | Britannica

    Robert Bunsen (born March 30, 1811, Göttingen, Westphalia [Germany]—died August 16, 1899, Heidelberg) was a German chemist who, with Gustav Kirchhoff, about 1859 observed that …

  3. Robert Bunsen - Biography, Facts and Pictures - Famous Scientists

    Bunsen combined his zinc-carbon cells into large batteries, which he used to isolate metals from their ores. He was the first person to produce large scale samples of pure magnesium metal.

  4. Robert Wilhelm Bunsen - National MagLab

    He also was the inventor of what has come to be known as the Bunsen cell (a carbon-zinc electric cell) and the grease-spot photometer, which he developed in order to quantify the amount of …

  5. Robert Bunsen - New World Encyclopedia

    Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (March 31, 1811 - August 16, 1899) was a German chemist who contributed to the development of spectroscopy as a powerful method of chemical …

  6. Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff - Science History Institute

    Bunsen’s most important work was in developing several techniques used in separating, identifying, and measuring various chemical substances. He also made a number of …

  7. Robert Wilhelm Bunsen - Michigan State University

    Bunsen was a great scientist, superb experimentalist and inspiring teacher. With Kirkhoff he invented the spectroscope and used it to discover the elements rubidium and cesium.

  8. Scientist of the Day - Robert Bunsen, German Chemist

    Aug 16, 2022 · Robert Bunsen, a German chemist, died Aug. 16, 1899, at age 88. Bunsen taught at several German universities, such as those in Göttingen, Kassel, Marburg, and Breslau, …

  9. Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm Eberhard - Springer

    Robert Bunsen's enduring astronomical fame derives not from the Bunsen burner but from his contribution to the development of spectroscopy, the fundamental tool underlying virtually all of …

  10. Robert Wilhelm Bunsen - Corrosion Doctors

    Bunsen devised a sensitive ice calorimeter that measured the volume rather than the mass of the ice melted. This allowed him to measure the metals' specific heat to find their true atomic …