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- noun Plural form of
half-cell .
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Examples
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The margins of the notch present several half-cells which, when united with corresponding half-cells on the upper surface of the ethmoid, complete the ethmoidal air cells.
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Soon the two half-cells thus formed separate from one another; and we now have four cells or an incipient quadrifid process.
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
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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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Usually when we need to determine the standard reduction potential of some half-cells, can use the standard reduction potential of reduction subtract the standard reduction potential of oxidation, which shows in this formula:
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We cannot measure two separate half-cells, but we can measure the difference between them, which called the cell potential, by using this formula:
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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 emf's of the reduction and oxidation half-cells obviously combine to give the cell the greatest emf.
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I’m still mystified at cell reproduction and how he came from the combination of two half-cells.
chicagojo Diary Entry chicagojo 2004
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