castner cell

castner cell
\\ˈkastnə(r)-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized 1st C
Etymology: after H.Y.Castner died 1899 American chemist
1. : a rocking cell with a layer of mercury on the bottom for making sodium hydroxide and chlorine by electrolysis of sodium chloride solution
2. : a cell for making metallic sodium and hydrogen by electrolysis of fused sodium hydroxide

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