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• Faraday, Michael — born Sept. 22, 1791, Newington, Surrey, Eng. died Aug. 25, 1867, Hampton Court English physicist and chemist. Son of a blacksmith, he received only a basic education in a church Sunday school, but he went to work as an assistant to Humphry Davy,… …   Universalium

• Faraday , Michael — (1791–1867) British physicist and chemist Faraday s father was a blacksmith who suffered from poor health and could only work irregularly. Faraday, who was born in Newington, knew real poverty as a child and his education was limited for he left… …   Scientists

• Faraday efficiency — Faradic Efficiency (also called coulombic efficiency or current efficiency ) describes the efficacy with which current (electrons) are transfered in a system facilitating an electrochemical reaction. The word faraday in this term refers to the… …   Wikipedia

• Faraday cage — A Faraday cage or Faraday shield is an enclosure formed by conducting material, or by a mesh of such material. Such an enclosure blocks out external static electrical fields. Faraday cages are named after physicist Michael Faraday, who built one… …   Wikipedia

• Faraday Technology — Infobox Company company name = Faraday Technology Corporation company company type = Public,TSE|3035 foundation = 1993 location = Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan key people = Chairman:John Hsuan, President: H.P. Lin industry =… …   Wikipedia

• Faraday's law — 1. the amount of a chemical reaction produced by an electric current passed through a cell is proportional to the amount of charge passed. 2. the extent of dissolution or decomposition of electrolytes produced by the same electric current is… …   Medical dictionary

• Solid oxide fuel cell — A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is an electrochemical conversion device that produces electricity directly from oxidizing a fuel. Fuel cells are characterized by their electrolyte material and, as the name implies, the SOFC has a solid oxide, or… …   Wikipedia

• Daniell cell — Daniell cells, 1836. The Daniell cell (var. sp. Daniel cell) was invented in 1836 by John Frederic Daniell, a British chemist and meteorologist, and consisted of a copper pot filled with a copper sulfate solution, in which was immersed an… …   Wikipedia

• Electrolytic cell — An electrolytic cell decomposes chemical compounds by means of electrical energy, in a process called electrolysis; the Greek word lysis means to break up . The result is that the chemical energy is increased. Important examples of electrolysis… …   Wikipedia

• Downs cell — The Downs process is an electrochemical method for the commercial preparation of metallic sodium, in which molten NaCl is electrolyzed in a special apparatus called the Downs cell.[1] How it works Schematic diagram of the Downs cell …   Wikipedia

• Microbial electrolysis cell — A microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) is a technology related to Microbial fuel cells (MFC). Whilst MFC s produce an electric current from the microbial decomposition of organic compounds, MEC s partially reverse the process to generate hydrogen or …   Wikipedia