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51 relations: Alessandro Volta, Andrew Crosse, Anode, Anthony Carlisle, Barium, Boron, Brine, Calcium, Carl Gassner, Cathode, Como, Contact electrification, Copper, Daniell cell, Dry cell, Dynamo, Electric arc, Electric battery, Electric current, Electricity, Electrochemistry, Electrode, Electrolysis, Electrolysis of water, Electrolyte, Electromotive force, Electron, Francis Ronalds, Friction, Grove cell, Humphry Davy, Hydrogen, Ion, Johann Wilhelm Ritter, List of battery types, London, Luigi Galvani, Magnesium, Michael Faraday, Potassium, Redox, Royal Institution, Royal Society, Silver, Sodium, Strontium, Vasily Vladimirovich Petrov, William Hyde Wollaston, William Nicholson (chemist), Zamboni pile, ..., Zinc. Expand index (1 more) »
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (18 February 1745 – 5 March 1827) was an Italian physicist, chemist, and a pioneer of electricity and power,Giuliano Pancaldi, "Volta: Science and culture in the age of enlightenment", Princeton University Press, 2003.
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Andrew Crosse
Andrew Crosse (17 June 1784 – 6 July 1855) was a British amateur scientist who was born and died at Fyne Court, Broomfield, Somerset.
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Anode
An anode is an electrode through which the conventional current enters into a polarized electrical device.
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Anthony Carlisle
Sir Anthony Carlisle FRCS, FRS (15 February 1768 in Stillington, England – 2 November 1840 in London) was an English surgeon.
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Barium
Barium is a chemical element with symbol Ba and atomic number 56.
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Boron
Boron is a chemical element with symbol B and atomic number 5.
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Brine
Brine is a high-concentration solution of salt (usually sodium chloride) in water.
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Calcium
Calcium is a chemical element with symbol Ca and atomic number 20.
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Carl Gassner
Carl Gassner is a German physician (17 November 1855 in Mainz; † 31 January 1942), scientist and inventor, better known to have contributed to improve the Leclanché cell and to have fostered the development of the first dry cell, also known as the zinc–carbon battery, less likely to break or leak and that could be effectively industrially produced at large scale.
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Cathode
A cathode is the electrode from which a conventional current leaves a polarized electrical device.
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Como
Como (Lombard: Còmm, Cómm or Cùmm; Novum Comum) is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.
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Contact electrification
Contact electrification was an erroneous scientific theory from the Enlightenment that attempted to account for all the sources of electric charge known at the time.
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Copper
Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu (from cuprum) and atomic number 29.
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Daniell cell
The Daniell cell is a type of electrochemical cell invented in 1836 by John Frederic Daniell, a British chemist and meteorologist, and consisted of a copper pot filled with a copper (II) sulfate solution, in which was immersed an unglazed earthenware container filled with sulfuric acid and a zinc electrode.
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Dry cell
A dry cell is a type of battery, commonly used for portable electrical devices.
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Dynamo
A dynamo is an electrical generator that creates direct current using a commutator.
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Electric arc
An electric arc, or arc discharge, is an electrical breakdown of a gas that produces an ongoing electrical discharge.
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Electric battery
An electric battery is a device consisting of one or more electrochemical cells with external connections provided to power electrical devices such as flashlights, smartphones, and electric cars.
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Electric current
An electric current is a flow of electric charge.
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Electricity
Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of electric charge.
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Electrochemistry
Electrochemistry is the branch of physical chemistry that studies the relationship between electricity, as a measurable and quantitative phenomenon, and identifiable chemical change, with either electricity considered an outcome of a particular chemical change or vice versa.
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Electrode
An electrode is an electrical conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e.g. a semiconductor, an electrolyte, a vacuum or air).
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Electrolysis
In chemistry and manufacturing, electrolysis is a technique that uses a direct electric current (DC) to drive an otherwise non-spontaneous chemical reaction.
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Electrolysis of water
Electrolysis of water is the decomposition of water into oxygen and hydrogen gas due to an electric current passed through the water.
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Electrolyte
An electrolyte is a substance that produces an electrically conducting solution when dissolved in a polar solvent, such as water.
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Electromotive force
Electromotive force, abbreviated emf (denoted \mathcal and measured in volts), is the electrical intensity or "pressure" developed by a source of electrical energy such as a battery or generator.
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Electron
The electron is a subatomic particle, symbol or, whose electric charge is negative one elementary charge.
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Francis Ronalds
Sir Francis Ronalds FRS (21 February 1788 – 8 August 1873) was an English scientist and inventor, and arguably the first electrical engineer.
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Friction
Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other.
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Grove cell
The Grove cell was an early electric primary cell named after its inventor, Welsh physical scientist William Robert Grove, and consisted of a zinc anode in dilute sulfuric acid and a platinum cathode in concentrated nitric acid, the two separated by a porous ceramic pot.
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Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet (17 December 177829 May 1829) was a Cornish chemist and inventor, who is best remembered today for isolating, using electricity, a series of elements for the first time: potassium and sodium in 1807 and calcium, strontium, barium, magnesium and boron the following year, as well as discovering the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine.
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Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a chemical element with symbol H and atomic number 1.
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Ion
An ion is an atom or molecule that has a non-zero net electrical charge (its total number of electrons is not equal to its total number of protons).
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Johann Wilhelm Ritter
Johann Wilhelm Ritter (16 December 1776 – 23 January 1810) was a German chemist, physicist and philosopher.
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List of battery types
This page is a list of notable battery types grouped by types of battery.
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London
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Luigi Galvani
Luigi Aloisio Galvani (Aloysius Galvanus; 9 September 1737 – 4 December 1798) was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher, who discovered animal electricity.
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Magnesium
Magnesium is a chemical element with symbol Mg and atomic number 12.
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Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday FRS (22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
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Potassium
Potassium is a chemical element with symbol K (from Neo-Latin kalium) and atomic number 19.
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Redox
Redox (short for reduction–oxidation reaction) (pronunciation: or) is a chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of atoms are changed.
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Royal Institution
The Royal Institution of Great Britain (often abbreviated as the Royal Institution or Ri) is an organisation devoted to scientific education and research, based in London.
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Royal Society
The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society.
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Silver
Silver is a chemical element with symbol Ag (from the Latin argentum, derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47.
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Sodium
Sodium is a chemical element with symbol Na (from Latin natrium) and atomic number 11.
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Strontium
Strontium is the chemical element with symbol Sr and atomic number 38.
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Vasily Vladimirovich Petrov
Vasily Vladimirovich Petrov (Василий Владимирович Петров.) (– 15 August 1834) was a Russian experimental physicist, self-taught electrical technician, academician of Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1809; Corresponding member since 1802).
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William Hyde Wollaston
William Hyde Wollaston (6 August 1766 – 22 December 1828) was an English chemist and physicist who is famous for discovering the chemical elements palladium and rhodium.
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William Nicholson (chemist)
William Nicholson (13 December 175321 May 1815) was a renowned English chemist and writer on "natural philosophy" and chemistry, as well as a translator, journalist, publisher, scientist, inventor, patent agent and civil engineer.
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Zamboni pile
The Zamboni pile (also referred to as a Duluc Dry Pile) is an early electric battery, invented by Giuseppe Zamboni in 1812.
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Zinc
Zinc is a chemical element with symbol Zn and atomic number 30.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaic_pile
