What is a voltaic cell?

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The voltaic cell was the first of the electric cells.According to me it was invented in 1789,by a scientist called Voltaire.It is the most basic among the cells.Its EMF(ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE) is about one volt.
In it the positive pole is a copper rod and the negative pole is a zinc rod.Any dilute acid is used as the electrolyte.There are 2 defects in the voltaic cell:
1.local action
2.polarisation
They can be rectified by coating the zinc rod with mercury and by adding oxidisers or depolarisers like Manganese Di Oxide and Nitric Acid

Answer 2

What Is A Voltaic Cell

Answer 3

Noun 1. voltaic cell - an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged
galvanic cell, primary cell
anode - the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current
cathode - the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current
electric cell, cell - a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
Leclanche cell - voltaic cell that produces approximately 1.5 volts
mercury cell - a primary cell consisting of a zinc anode and a cathode of mercury oxide and an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide
standard cell - a primary cell used as a standard of electro-motive force
galvanic battery, voltaic battery - battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel
wet cell - a primary voltaic cell having a liquid electrolyte
electrolytic cell - 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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What is a voltaic cell?

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voltaic cell a simple device with which chemical energy is converted into electrical energy. Two dissimilar metals (e.g., copper and zinc) are immersed in an electrolyte (e.g., a dissolved sulfate). If the metals are connected by an external circuit, one metal is reduced (i.e., gains electrons) while the other metal is oxidized (i.e., loses electrons). In the example above, copper is reduced and zinc is oxidized. The difference in the oxidation potentials of the two metals provides the electric power of the cell. The voltaic cell is sometimes also called the galvanic cell.

Answer 6

voltaic cell uses a spontaneous chemical reaction to generate an electric current.A voltaic cell in a circuit consists of:

-a negative electrode -anode
-a positive electrode - cathode
-an electrolyte

In the electric cell-pieces of Zn and Cu are dipped in CuSo4.The metals are connected through a voltmeter that potential difference is registred.The negative electrode releases electrons.The electrons flow through the external circuit to the positive electrode..

Answer 7

In other words, a battery.

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