Henderson, C. Hanford (Charles Hanford), 1861-1941, Woodhull, John F. (John Francis), 1857-1941 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 265
, strong nitric acid, HX03, contained in an innerporous cup. The zinc isamalgamated, and is in theform of a cylinder open atboth ends. It surrounds theporous cup, and stands itselfin dilute sulphuric acid. Thehydrogen liberated by the solu-tion of the zinc passes throughthe porous cup, but fails… … ELECTRIC CURRENTS 243 is strong and constant, but the peroxide fumes are corro-sive and poisonous. The Leclanche cell (Fig. 148) is a single-fluid combina-tion in which zinc and carbon are immersed in a solutionof ammonium chloride, NH4C1, and polarization is pre-vented by surrounding the carbon…
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