Daniell-cell Definition

noun

An early battery consisting of a copper pot filled with a copper sulphate solution, in which was immersed an unglazed earthenware container filled with sulphuric acid and a zinc electrode.

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Noun

Singular:
daniell-cell
Plural:
daniell-cells

Origin of Daniell-cell

  • It was invented in 1836 by John Frederic Daniell, a British chemist and meteorologist.

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Daniell-cell Sentence Examples

  • Thus in the Daniell cell the dissolution of copper as well as of zinc would increase the loss in available energy.

  • Considered thermodynamically, voltaic cells must be divided into reversible and non-reversible systems. If the slow processes of diffusion be ignored, the Daniell cell already described may be taken as a type of a reversible cell.

  • Other voltaic standards of electromotive force are in use, such as the Weston cadmium cell, the Helmholtz calomel cell, and the standard Daniell cell.

  • In cases when great accuracy is not required, a Daniell cell can be used as a standard of electromotive force.

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