Welsbach

Welsbach
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 thoria and ceria. The mantle is made by soaking a ``stocking'' in a solution of nitrates of thorium and cerium (approx. 99:1), drying, and, for use, igniting to burn the thread and convert the nitrates into oxides, which remain as a fragile ash. The light far exceeds that obtained from the same amount of gas with the ordinary fishtail burner, but has a slight greenish hue. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


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  • 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

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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 …   English syllables

  • 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

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