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Weston standard cell

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WESTON STANDARD CELL

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PRONUNCIATION OF WESTON STANDARD CELL

ˈwɛstən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WESTON STANDARD CELL

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WHAT DOES WESTON STANDARD CELL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Weston cell

The Weston cell, is a wet-chemical cell that produces a highly stable voltage suitable as a laboratory standard for calibration of voltmeters. Invented by Edward Weston in 1893, it was adopted as the International Standard for EMF between 1911 and 1990.

Definition of Weston standard cell in the English dictionary

The definition of Weston standard cell in the dictionary is a primary cell used as a standard of emf, producing 1.018636 volts: consists of a mercury anode and a cadmium amalgam cathode in an electrolyte of saturated cadmium sulphate Former name: cadmium cell.

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Synonyms and antonyms of Weston standard cell in the English dictionary of synonyms

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韦斯顿标准电池
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Celular estándar Weston
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Weston standard cell
510 millions of speakers
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वेस्टन मानक सेल
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خلية ويستون القياسية
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Уэстон стандартные ячейки
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Célula padrão Weston
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ওয়েস্টন স্ট্যান্ডার্ড কোল
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Weston cellule standard
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Weston standard cell
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Weston Standardzelle
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ウェストンスタンダードセル
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웨스턴 표준 셀
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Weston standar sel
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Weston di động tiêu chuẩn
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வெஸ்டன் நிலையான செல்
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वेस्टन मानक सेल
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Weston standart hücre
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Celle standard Weston
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Weston zwykła komórka
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Уестон стандартні комірки
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De celule standard Weston
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Weston πρότυπο κυττάρων
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Weston standaard sel
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Weston standardcell
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Weston standard celle
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WESTON STANDARD CELL»

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Electronic Measurement and Instrumentation
Electrical potential difference The primary standard for electrical potential difference used to be provided by an electro-chemical standard cell (the Weston standard cell), see Fig. 2.2. The voltage of a Weston cell is approximately 1.01860 V at ...
Klaas B. Klaassen, 1996
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Handbook of Applied Superconductivity
... and Standards in London, the Clark cell was replaced by the international Weston standard cell (Cd-Hg) which had superior long-term stability, a smaller temperature coefficient and less hysteresis (Weston 1892). Moreover its output voltage ...
B Seeber, 1998
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Electricity--low Frequency
[66] W. C. Vosburgh and R. G. Bates, Constancy of modified Weston standard cell over long periods, J. Electrochem. Soc. 111,997(1964). [67] H. L. Callendar and H. T. Barnes, On the variation of the electromotive force of different forms of the ...
F. L. Hermach, R. F. Dziuba, 1968
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National Institute of Standards and Technology Special ...
The Weston standard cell can be disturbed by transport or if it is subjected to a change in temperature or a small electrical current. When at times it was necessary to eliminate cells — due to changes in emf of a cell relative to the mean of the ...
‎1988
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Precision Measurement and Calibration: Electricity: low ...
[66] W. C. Vosburgh and R. G. Bates, Constancy of modified Weston standard cell over long periods, J. Electrochem. Soc. Ill, 997 (1964). [67] H. L. Callendar and H. T. Barnes, On the variation of the electromotive force of different forms of the ...
‎1968
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Introduction to Instrumentation and Measurements
In the normal Weston standard cell, the electrolyte is a saturated aqueous solution of cadmium sulfate (CdSO4). The saturated CdSO4 electrolyte gives the EMF of the normal cell a relatively high temperature coefficient (tempco), about À40mV/ ...
Robert B. Northrop, 2005
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Advanced Engineering Chemistry
Weston Standard Cell The Weston cell shown in Fig. 6.2 is prepared in a l-l- shaped glass vessel, one arm containing {5.1-.1; ; ...... 5.1. cadmium amalgam which contains 12.5% Cd by H I ' weight is the negative electrode and the other arm ...
Manas Senapati, 2006
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The Story of Electrical and Magnetic Measurements: From 500 ...
... cadmium electrodes and cadmium salts have low temperature coefficients of voltage. Weston soon began to investigate cadmium cells, and by 1891 he had applied for a patent on the "Weston Standard Cell"; the patent was issued in 1 893, ...
Joseph F. Keithley, 1999
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Introduction to Instrumentation and Measurements, Third Edition
Sealed glass envelope Saturated CdSO4 solution V o + – CdSO4 Xtals Hg 2 SO 4 Cd|Hg amalgam Hg Pt wires FIGURE 1.6 Diagram of a saturated Weston standard cell battery. in a sealed, glass H-tube (see Figure 1.6). In the normal Weston ...
Robert B. Northrop, 2014
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Electro Chemistry
The cell reaction may be represented as, Cd2 Wax Seal Cork _ CdS04 Crystals 9 — CdS04,Hg2S04 Hg Weston Standard Cell Fig. 6. Cd + Hg2+ p> .2+ + Hg E= 1.0183- 4.06 x 10~~5 (t- 20)- 9.5 x 10~7. The EMF of this cell is 1.0185 volts at ...
Dr. B. K. Sharma
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