Downs cell

noun

Downs cell

noun

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

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.

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