Bunsen

American  

[buhn-suhn, boon-zuhn] / ˈbʌn sən, ˈbʊn zən /

noun

1. Robert Wilhelm 1811–99, German chemist.

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Bunsen British  

/ ˈbʌnsən, ˈbʊnzən /

noun

1. Robert Wilhelm (ˈroːbɛrt ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1811–99, German chemist who with Kirchhoff developed spectrum analysis and discovered the elements caesium and rubidium. He invented the Bunsen burner and the ice calorimeter

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Bunsen Scientific  

/ bŭn′sən /

1. German chemist who with Gustav Kirchhoff developed the technique of spectroscopic analysis, leading to their discovery of the elements cesium and rubidium. Bunsen also invented various kinds of laboratory equipment, although the Bunsen burner itself was probably constructed on an earlier design by Michael Faraday.

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Example Sentences

Throw on a lab coat, spark a Bunsen burner, and stay close to the eyewash station, but hopefully it won’t come to that.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

Pupils who should be conducting experiments with Bunsen burners and test tubes are instead learning theory in two-storey portable classrooms.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2024

Bunsen died at the age of 88 in 1899.

From Scientific American • Jul. 1, 2023

A chemistry lab looks like it belongs to Bunsen and Beaker.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2022

Rashid threw up his hands and kicked a box of Bunsen burners across the floor.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau