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Voltaic Cells: The Good (Faraday), the Bad (Volta), and the Ugly (Galvani)

  • Saslow W
The Physics Teacher (2021) 59(1) 22-26
DOI: 10.1119/10.0003010
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Abstract

Although the phrase “seat of EMF” in describing chemical cells has fallen into disuse, by distinguishing the distinct but incorrect conceptions both of Galvani and of Volta, in favor of the correct view of Faraday, “seat of EMF” it becomes possible (among other things) to understand:

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Saslow, W. M. (2021). Voltaic Cells: The Good (Faraday), the Bad (Volta), and the Ugly (Galvani). The Physics Teacher, 59(1), 22–26. https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0003010

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