Welsbach burner

Wels·bach burner

a gas burner with a gauze mantle impregnated with thorium oxide and cerium oxide: when lighted, the gauze gives off an incandescent, greenish light

Origin of Welsbach burner

from Welsbach, a trademark for such a device, after C. A. von Welsbach (1858-1929), Austrian chemist, its inventor

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Welsbach burner

A trademark for a lamp consisting of a gas burner and a gauze mantle impregnated with cerium and thorium compounds that becomes incandescent when heated by the burner.

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