1859 ⟶ Kirchhoff and Bunsen Develop Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis and Discover Caesium and Rubidium

Gustav Kirchhoff and Robert Bunsen lay the foundations of sp...
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🔬 Kirchhoff and Bunsen Develop Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis and Discover Caesium and Rubidium

Gustav Kirchhoff and Robert Bunsen lay the foundations of spectroscopy as a means of chemical analysis, which lead them to the discovery of caesium and rubidium. Other workers soon used the same technique to discover indium, thallium, and helium.⟶
Kirchhoff and Bunsen Develop Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis and Discover Caesium and Rubidium (1859)
SpectroscopyChemical AnalysisElement DiscoveryCaesiumRubidiumIndiumThalliumHelium19th Century ScienceAnalytical Chemistry
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Kirchhoff and Bunsen Develop Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis and Discover Caesium and Rubidium (1859)