Robert Bunsen

Robert Bunsen was a German chemist known for his contributions to analytical chemistry and the development of spectroscopy. He created the Bunsen burner, an essential tool in laboratories for heating substances. Bunsen also developed techniques to study how materials absorb and emit light, leading to advances in spectroscopy — the science of analyzing light to identify chemicals. His work laid the foundation for understanding the composition of substances through their spectral signatures, making it possible to analyze everything from stars in the sky to complex chemical mixtures in the lab.