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Electrolytic cell   /ɪlˌɛktrəlˈɪtɪk sɛl/   Listen
Electrolytic cell

noun
1.
A cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen).





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"Electrolytic cell" Quotes from Famous Books



... shape, or kind of the metallic conductor," while he obtained the law, then unknown, that the heat evolved is proportional to the square of the quantity of electricity passing in a given time. Corresponding laws were established for the heat evolved by the current passing in the electrolytic cell, and likewise for the heat developed in the cells of ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 • Various
... important derivatives of hypochlorous acid is bleaching powder. Sodium hypochlorite can be prepared by the electrolysis of brine solution in the presence of carbon electrodes, having no diaphragm in the electrolytic cell, and mixing the anode and cathode products by agitating the liquid. The temperature should be kept at about 15 deg. C., and the concentration of the hypochlorite produced must not be allowed to become too great, in order to prevent reduction taking ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 - "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" • Various


Words linked to "Electrolytic cell" :   electric cell, anode, voltaic cell, cell, electrode, cathode


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