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 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 mantle — Welsbach mantle, the gas mantle of a Welsbach burner, consisting of thorium oxide with a trace of cerium oxide around the flame … Useful english 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
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
Wels|bach burner — «WEHLZ bak, bahk; Germ VEHLS bahkh», a gas burner like a Bunsen burner, having an incombustible mantle which becomes incandescent and emits a brilliant light. ╂[< K. Auer von Welsbach, 1858 1929, an Austrian chemist, who invented it] … Useful english dictionary
neodymium — [nē΄ō dim′ē əm, nē΄ədim′ē əm] n. [ModL < neodymia, a rare earth (< Gr neos, NEW + ModL (di)dymium: see DIDYMIUM) + IUM: so named (1885) by C. A. von Welsbach (see WELSBACH BURNER), from being split from didymium] a silver colored chemical… … English World dictionary
