Device for spontaneous conversion of chemical into electrical energy.
An electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged.
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Examples for "voltaic cell "
Examples for "voltaic cell "
1 The action of the thermo-pile, like that of a voltaic cell , can be reversed.
2 On having been verified with a standard voltaic cell the apparatus becomes itself a standard, especially for small electromotive forces.
3 The ordinary voltaic cell is made by bringing together certain chemicals, whose reaction maintains the electric currents taken from the cell.
4 The electromotive force and current of a thermo-electric couple is very much smaller than that given by an ordinary voltaic cell .
5 He thought that with a single voltaic cell he had obtained the spark before the metals touched, but he subsequently discovered his error.
1 A primary cell culture was also established from one of the OS biopsies.
2 Which arrestin isoforms regulate which GPCRs in primary cell types is poorly understood.
3 Sequence relationships between the strains showed no correspondence with the primary cell tropism.
4 Of 20 endometrial adenocarcinomas examined, five tumors were successfully grown in primary cell culture.
5 The automated system was validated for primary cell culture using human peripheral blood patient samples.
The basic building block of a battery.
1 An effective Daniell galvanic cell may be constructed from material costing very little money.
2 This light, whether produced by a series of galvanic cells or by dynamic power, is the most brilliant and useful.
3 Discovered near Baghdad in the 1930s, they appear to be galvanic cells : terracotta urns with a copper and iron assembly poking out the stoppered top.
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