Animation s used to explain the operation of the dry cell in terms of electron action, including ionisation of the electrolyte, electron flow through a circuit, action at electrodes, polarization and depolarisation. Demonstrations reveal the operating characteristics of a cell and of several cells (as in a battery) in both series and parallel connexions.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
008688
Language
English
Subject categories
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cells
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Cells
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Electrons
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Relativity (Physics)
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)