Cyclopedia of applied electricity : a general reference work on direct-current generators and motors, storage batteries, electrochemistry, welding, electric wiring, meters, electric lighting, electric railways, power stations, switchboards, power transmission, alternating-current machinery, telegraphy, etc. (1916)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 379
r of mercury rests on the bottom of the cell, making a sealbeneath the two vertical partitions. The current is conductedaway from the cell through the iron cathode in channel B. Thecurrent to flow through the cell must pass from the anode throughthe brine solution, thence to the mercury, and from… … Fig. 12. Castner Mercury Cell to the central compartment by a slow rocking motion which is givento the cell. The amalgam, therefore, surges back and forth, andwhile passing through the central compartment acts as anodicsurface. The actual operation of this cell introduces various complica-tions…
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