English Explanatory Dictionary

Downs cell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An electrochemical cell with a carbon anode, an iron cathode, and a liquid sodium chloride electrolyte, used for the commercial preparation of metallic sodium.

Word forms

Downs cell Downs cells

Etymology

Invented in 1923 by the American chemist James Cloyd Downs (1885–1957).

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on D Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary