Voltaic (Adjective)
Meaning
Pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action; "a galvanic cell"; "a voltaic (or galvanic) couple".
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- The voltaic cell invented by Alessandro Volta was the first battery which generated electric current by chemical reaction.
- He presented his observations regarding the behavior of the voltaic pile to the Royal Society.
- A voltaic couple consists of two dissimilar metals with different electrochemical properties immersed in an electrolyte solution.
- The combination of two dissimilar metals in a voltaic cell causes an electric current to flow through an external circuit.
- An electrochemical voltaic cell has at least two electrodes in contact with an electrolyte where a spontaneous redox reaction occurs.