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The temperature coefficient can be reduced by shifting to an unsaturated design, the predominant type today. However, an unsaturated cell's output decreases by some 80 microvolts per year, which is compensated by periodic calibration against a saturated cell.
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As shown in the illustration, the cell is set up in an H-shaped glass vessel with the cadmium amalgam in one leg and the pure mercury in the other. Electrical connections to the cadmium amalgam and the mercury are made by
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One of the great advantages of the Weston normal cell is its small change of electromotive force with change of temperature. At any temperature
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by W. E. Ayrton and T. Mather, published by Cassell and Company, London, 1911, pp 198–203
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of pure mercury over which a paste of mercurous sulfate and mercury is placed. The
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Reference cells must be applied in such a way that no current is drawn from them.
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by Walter J. Hamer, National Bureau of Standards Monograph 84, January 15, 1965.
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Drawing from Edward Weston's US Patent 494827 depicting the standard cell.
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This temperature formula was adopted by the London conference of 1908
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Standard Cells, Their Construction, Maintenance, and Characteristics
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The original design was a saturated cadmium cell producing a
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in 1893, it was adopted as the International Standard for
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Introduction to instrumentation and measurements 2nd ed
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Weston standard cell
Woodcut line drawing of H-shaped cell in an enclosure with electrical terminals at the top.


wet-chemical cell
voltage
calibration
voltmeters
Edward Weston
EMF
Josephson voltage standard
anode
amalgam
cadmium
mercury
cathode
electrolyte
saturated solution
cadmium sulfate
depolarizer
mercurous sulfate
platinum
V
temperature coefficient
Clark cell
List of battery types
ISBN
0-8493-3773-9
"Electric units and standards"
U.S. patent 494,827

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