Robert Bunsen
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Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (31 March 1811 – 16 August 1899) was a German chemist. He improved the burner that has his name, but was invented by Michael Faraday. Together with Gustav Kirchhoff, he developed a method of using the reflection of light to identify the composition of solids,liquids or gases. This method is known as spectroscopy today. He found the elements caesium and rubidium with his spectroscope.[1] In 1841, Bunsen developed the Bunsen cell, by improving the Galvanic cell William Grove had developed in 1839.
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- ↑ "Visual elements: Rubidium". rsc.org. 2011 [last update]. http://www.rsc.org/chemsoc/visualelements/pages/data/rubidium_data.html. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
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