biography
| name: |
Auer, Carl, Freiherr (Baron) von Welsbach
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pronunciation:
[ower]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1858–1929)
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| biography:
| Chemist, born in Vienna, Austria. He invented the incandescent gas mantle and the osmium lamp. He also discovered the cerium–iron alloy known as Auer metal or mischmetal, now used as flints in petrol lighters. |
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