mercury cathode cell

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• mercury cell — noun a primary cell consisting of a zinc anode and a cathode of mercury oxide and an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide • Hypernyms: ↑voltaic cell, ↑galvanic cell, ↑primary cell …   Useful english dictionary

• mercury cell — /ˈmɜkjəri sɛl/ (say merkyuhree sel) noun a primary cell consisting of a zinc anode and a cathode of mercuric oxide mixed with graphite; the electrolyte is potassium hydroxide saturated with zinc oxide. The cell produces about 1.3 volts …  

• Clark cell — (1897) The Clark cell, invented by English engineer Josiah Latimer Clark in 1873, is a wet chemical cell (colloquially: battery) that produces a highly stable voltage usable as a laboratory standard. Contents …   Wikipedia

• Clark cell — /klak ˈsɛl/ (say klahk sel) noun (in physics) a standard primary cell producing 1.4345 volts at 15°C which consists of a mercury cathode and a zinc amalgam anode both dipping into a saturated solution of zinc sulphate. {named after Josiah Latimer …  

• Fuel cell — For other uses, see Fuel cell (disambiguation). Demonstration model of a direct methanol fuel cell. The actual fuel cell stack is the layered cube shape in the center of the image A fuel cell is a device that converts the chemical energy from a… …   Wikipedia