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Why is a cell referred to as a dry cell?
There is dry cell and wet cell. A dry cell has not fluid around it. A wet cell is surrounded by fluid of some sort, usually acid.
How are wet and dry cells the same?
A wet cell and a dry cell are the same in that they each have an anode, a cathode and and electrolyte. All three components are different chemically. The anode and the cathode will exhibit a voltage difference when placed in the electically conductive electrolyte. The voltage and reaction between the three parts of the cell are chemical reactions. A wet cell is different from a dry cell in that the electrolyte in the wet cell is a liquid where the so-called dry cell has an electrolyte that is either damp, moist or in a gelatinous form. ( The electrolyte is not actually "dry".) Otherwise the cells are the same. The cell may be a primary cell that is depleted as one of the elements is chemically consumed or the cell may be rechargable by reversing the chemical reaction.
Is a car battery a wet cell or dry cell?
A car battery is a wet cell. Only recently have dry cells been introduced, but your typical car battery is a wet lead storage battery.
Difference between dry cell and wet cell?
a dry cell is a cell that has electrolyte that is a paste a wet cell is a cell that has a liquid electrolyte -sads
What is a wet cell and how is it different than the dry cell batteries that are so common today?
A wet cell is a secondary cell that can be recharged after they had been used up by passing current backwards through them. It is different from the dry cell in that dry cell are not rechargeable.
Is acid an electrolyte for a dry cell?
no; it is for a wet cell instead
How are dry cell and wet cell batteries the same?
How Dry Cell Batteries and Wet Cell Batteries are the SameThey both convert energy "stored" in chemical compounds into electrical energy.
Is a car battery a dry cell?
wet
Can a dry cell battery be recharged?
Some wet cells can be recharged (e.g. lead acid cell) some wet cells can't be recharged (e.g. gravity cell). Some dry cells can be recharged (e.g. NiMH cell) some wet cells can't be recharged (e.g. carbon zinc cell). It depends on the cell chemistry not the wet/dry construction. Also any wet cell can be made into a dry cell by absorbing the wet electrolyte into something and making a damp paste electrolyte.
Would a battery made out of lemon and two metals be a wet cell or a dry cell battery?
wet cell battery
Function of dry or wet cells?
A 'wet' cell uses a conducting liquid called an electrolyte; a 'dry cell uses a conducting gel called an electrolyte. So, really, a 'dry' cell is simply a non-spillable wet cell! They both store electrical engergy for use later on.
What is the classification of car battery?
Between dry cell or wet cell
