Leclanché cell

/ ləˈklɑːnʃeɪ /

noun

electrical engineering a primary cell with a carbon anode, surrounded by crushed carbon and manganese dioxide in a porous container, immersed in an electrolyte of aqueous ammonium chloride into which the zinc cathode dips. The common dry battery is a form of Leclanché cell

C19: named after Georges Leclanché (1839–82), French engineer

If you wish to use the buzzer simply to call some one occasionally, a dry battery or Leclanché cell is best.

A more recent form of LeClanché cell is shown in cross-section in Fig. 62.

This uses practically the same materials and has the same chemical action as the old disk LeClanché cell shown in Fig. 61.

A great advantage of the LeClanché cell is that when not in use there is but little material waste.

An examination of Fig. 63 shows that the dry cell has all of the essential elements of the LeClanché cell.

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