Science
Constants
Name
Enthalpy of vaporisation of water
Symbol
-
Value
1.018 636 V at 20°C
Category
Material properties: cells
Comments
The Weston standard cell has a positive electrode of mercury, a negative electrode of cadmium, and the electrolyte is saturated cadmium sulfate solution.
This EMF, which is reliably reproducible, is used for calibrating voltmeters.
References
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Physics and Mathematics
, McGraw-Hill, 1978
The Dent Dictionary of Measurement
, M Darton, J Clark, Dent, 1994
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