Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One half of an electrochemical cell, consisting of an electrode in a conductive fluid.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
half cell .
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Examples
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I prepare boxes with a bed of fresh, sifted earth to receive the larvae and the pupae, which I lodge each in a sort of half-cell formed by the imprint of my finger.
Bramble-Bees and Others Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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When reduction or oxidation occurs, the metal ion in each part of the reaction is a half-cell, and these half-cells are connected by a salt bridge.
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When reduction or oxidation occurs, the metal ion in each part of the reaction is a half-cell, and these half-cells are connected by a salt bridge.
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The activity series of metals determines which half-cell oxidizes and usually the more active metal is the one oxidized during the reaction.
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The salt bridge allows charge to move from one half-cell to the other but not completely mixed together.
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We usually use some metal like platinum as the conducting wire to allow the cell to discharge electricity. determine which half-cell oxidizes and usually the more active metal is the one oxidized during the reaction.
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The method is a further development of the classical half-cell method, where two samples, one with a chemical tracer and one without, are placed into the half cells and connected, after which the samples are sliced and analyzed.
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When reduction or oxidation occurs, the metal ion in each part of the reaction is a half-cell, and these half-cells are connected by a salt bridge.
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The experimental setup for the new half-cell method.
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The salt bridge allows charge to move from one half-cell to the other but not completely mixed together.
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