voltaic
Chemically produced current
Voltaic means relating to electricity produced by chemical action, as in a battery.
The word honors Alessandro Volta, who invented the first true battery around 1800.
A voltaic cell or voltaic pile generates current through chemical reactions between different metals and an electrolyte.
The term is largely historical; modern usage prefers galvanic or simply electric.
Oxidation electrode
- cathodeElectrode current exits through
- electrodeConductive interface point
- electrolyteConductive dissolved substance
- electrolysisCurrent-induced ionic separation
oxidation · reduction · redox · ions · galvanometer · faraday · polarization · electrodeposition
Basic unit of life
- pileAccumulated mass of objects
- zincElement thirty
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- terminalsEnd stations or connectors
voltage · current · discharge · bimetallic · series · stack · electrodes
Light-to-electricity converting
- solarOf the star
- thermoelectricHeat-to-electricity converting
- piezoelectricCharge from deformation
- electrochemicalInvolving electricity and chemistry
renewable · conversion · sustainable · arc · spark · lightning
anode
Oxidation electrode
- cathodeElectrode current exits through
- electrodeConductive interface point
- electrolyteConductive dissolved substance
electrolysis · oxidation · reduction · redox · ions · galvanometer · faraday · polarization · electrodeposition
cell
Basic unit of life
terminals · voltage · current · discharge · bimetallic · series · stack · electrodes
photovoltaic
Light-to-electricity converting
- solarOf the star
- thermoelectricHeat-to-electricity converting
- piezoelectricCharge from deformation
electrochemical · renewable · conversion · sustainable · arc · spark · lightning
volt
Electromotive force unit
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- resistorCurrent-limiting circuit element
- capacitorCharge-storing circuit element
circuit · voltmeter · ammeter · multimeter · potentiometer · ohm · ampere · wattage · polarity · EMF
- Old Sciencephlogiston, aether, ether, caloric, miasma
- obsolete sciencephlogiston, aether, phlogiston theory, ether, caloric
voltaicstatic
Without motion or change
electrostatic · triboelectric · static electricity · galvanic
voltaicmechanical
Operated by machinery
nuclear · hydroelectric · inductive · electromagnetic · photovoltaic