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Selenium Cells: The Construction, Care and Use of Selenium Cells with Special Reference to the Fritts Cell

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  • Title: Selenium Cells: The Construction, Care and Use of Selenium Cells with Special Reference to the Fritts Cell
  • Author : Thomas William Benson
  • Release Date : January 12, 2020
  • Genre: Electrical Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,Engineering,
  • Pages : * pages
  • Size : 1897 KB

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Over a century ago, 1817 to be exact, the Swedish scientist Berzelius discovered a new element in the lead chambers used for the manufacture of sulphuric acid by roasting iron pyrites. Noting its resemblance to Tellurium, the name for which having been derived from the Greek for Earth, Tellus, he named the new element Selenium derived from the Greek for Moon, Selene. The ending ’um being used to indicate a metal according to the practice of naming newly discovered elements. Although believed to be a metal for many years, the chemical reaction of Selenium resembles that of sulphur to such a degree that it is now accepted to be a non-metal in its amorphous and vitreous forms. In its third or crystalline state it has many metallic characteristics and in this form termed metallic selenium. In the Periodic System it occupies the place between Tellurium and Sulphur.

Designated by the symbol Se, selenium has been found in all parts of the globe in small quantities, chiefly in combination with copper, lead and silver forming selenides, in certain pyrites and occasionally in its pure state. It was found in meteoric iron by Warren in 1909.


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