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Bunsen cell
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The Bunsen cell is a zinc-carbon primary cell (colloquially called a "battery") composed of a zinc anode in dilute sulfuric acid separated by a porous pot from a carbon cathode in nitric or chromic acid.
Cell details
[edit]The Bunsen cell generates about 1.9 volts which arises from the following reaction:[1]
- Zn + H2SO4 + 2 HNO3 ⇌ ZnSO4 + 2 H2O + 2 NO2(g)
According to the reaction above, when 1 mole (or part) each of zinc and sulfuric acid react with 2 moles (or parts) of nitric acid, the resultant products formed are, 1 mole (or part) of zinc sulfate and 2 moles (or parts) each of water and nitrogen dioxide (gaseous, in the form of bubbles).[citation needed]
The cell is named after its inventor, German chemist Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, who improved upon the Grove cell by replacing Grove's expensive platinum cathode with carbon in the form of pulverized coal and coke. Like Grove's battery, Bunsen's emitted noxious fumes of nitrogen dioxide.[citation needed]
Bunsen used this cell to extract metals. Henri Moissan used a stack of 90 cells for the electrolysis of hydrogen fluoride to obtain fluorine for the first time.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Carhart, Henry Smith (1891). Primary Batteries. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. pp. 179–180. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
bunsen cell reactions.
Further reading
[edit]- Ayrton, William Edward; Mather, Thomas (1921). Practical electricity : a laboratory and lecture course, for first year students of electrical engineering, based on the practical definitions of the electrical units. London: London; New York : Cassell. pp. 183–185.
- Peschel, Karl Friedrich (1846). Elements of Physics. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 82.
bunsen cell.
- R. Bunsen (1841). "Ueber eine neue Construction der galvanischen Säule". Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie. 38 (3): 311–313. doi:10.1002/jlac.18410380306.
- R. Bunsen (1841). "Ueber die Anwendung der Kohle zu Volta'schen Batterien". Annalen der Physik und Chemie. 130 (11): 417–430. Bibcode:1841AnP...130..417B. doi:10.1002/andp.18411301109.
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