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𳦱Գé cell

/ əˈɑːʃɪ /

noun

  1. electrical engineering a primary cell with a carbon anode, surrounded by crushed carbon and manganese dioxide in a porous container, immersed in an electrolyte of aqueous ammonium chloride into which the zinc cathode dips. The common dry battery is a form of 𳦱Գé cell
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Word History and Origins

Origin of 𳦱Գé cell1

C19: named after Georges 𳦱Գé (1839–82), French engineer
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The general appearance of the 𳦱Գé cell is well shown at Fig.

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Messrs. Gent, of Leicester, have introduced a very neat modification of the 𳦱Գé cell, with a view to obviate altogether the evils deriving from creeping.

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The 𳦱Գé cell and parts 34 9.

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The action that takes place in the 𳦱Գé cell may be summarised as follows:— When the zinc, Zn, is acted on by the ammonium chloride, 2NH4Cl, the zinc seizes the chlorine and forms with it zinc chloride, ZnCl2, while the ammonium, 2NH4, is liberated.

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This may be tried by the 𳦱Գé cell as well, so as to make sure of the character of the ringing.

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