English Explanatory Dictionary

Bunsen pile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An early electrical battery using multiple cells of zinc and graphite in dilute chromic acid.

Word forms

Bunsen pile Bunsen piles

Etymology

Named for Robert Wilhelm Bunsen.

Related words

Bunsen cell

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