Meaning Of The Word Welsbach burner
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Welsbach burner Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Welsbach burner?
Welsbach burner in American English
a gas burner with a gauze mantle impregnated with thorium oxide and cerium oxide: when lighted, the gauze gives off an incandescent, greenish light noun: 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 flame Welsbach burner in British English noun: a type of gaslight in which a mantle containing thorium and cerium compounds becomes incandescent when heated by a gas flame |
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