- Welsbach mantle
- Welsbach mantle,the gas mantle of a Welsbach burner, consisting of thorium oxide with a trace of cerium oxide around the flame.
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Welsbach, Carl Auer, Freiherr von — ▪ Austrian chemist and engineer (baron of) born Sept. 1, 1858, Vienna died Aug. 4, 1929, Treibach, Austria Austrian chemist and engineer who invented the gas mantle, thus allowing the greatly increased output of light by gas lamps. In … Universalium
Welsbach burner — /wɛlzbæk ˈbɜnə/ (say welzbak bernuh) noun a gas burner, consisting essentially of a Bunsen burner, about the flame of which is placed an incombustible mantle (Welsbach mantle) composed of thoria and some ceria, which becomes brilliantly… …
Welsbach burner — /welz bak, bahk/; Ger. /vels bahkh/, Trademark. a brand of gaslight consisting essentially of a Bunsen burner on which an incombustible mantle (Welsbach mantle) composed of thoria and some ceria becomes brilliantly incandescent when exposed to… … Universalium
Welsbach burner — /welz bak, bahk/; Ger. /vels bahkh/, Trademark. a brand of gaslight consisting essentially of a Bunsen burner on which an incombustible mantle (Welsbach mantle) composed of thoria and some ceria becomes brilliantly incandescent when exposed to… … Useful english dictionary
Welsbach — Wels bach, a. Of or pertaining to Auer von Welsbach or the incandescent gas burner invented by him. {Welsbach burner}, a burner in which the combustion of a mixture of air and gas or vapor is employed to heat to incandescence a mantle composed of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Welsbach burner — Welsbach Wels bach, a. Of or pertaining to Auer von Welsbach or the incandescent gas burner invented by him. {Welsbach burner}, a burner in which the combustion of a mixture of air and gas or vapor is employed to heat to incandescence a mantle… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Welsbach burner — [welz′bak΄; ] Ger [ vels′bäkh΄] n. [< Welsbach, a trademark for such a device, after C. A. von Welsbach (1858 1929), Austrian chemist, its inventor] a gas burner with a gauze mantle impregnated with thorium oxide and cerium oxide: when lighted … English World dictionary
Welsbach — ˈwelzˌbak, bäk trademark used for a burner for producing gaslight by the combustion of a mixture of air and gas or vapor to heat to incandescence a gas mantle or for the mantle used with such a burner … Useful english dictionary
Gas mantle — For other uses of mantle see: mantleAn incandescent gas mantle, gas mantle, or Welsbach mantle is a device for generating bright white light when heated by a flame. The name refers to its original heat source, existing gas lights which filled the … Wikipedia
Carl Auer von Welsbach — Infobox Scientist name = Carl Auer von Welsbach box width = image width =150px caption = Carl Auer von Welsbach birth date = 1 September 1858 birth place = Vienna death date = 4 August 1929 death place = residence = citizenship = nationality =… … Wikipedia
