zinc-air fuel cell from Vienna
date: label: date made
content: ca 1948
name: label: maker
content: Kordesch, Karl
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A zinc-air fuel cell made by Karl Kordesch (1922-2011) in Vienna, Austria in the late 1940’s. A steel housing containing two cylindrical elements. Carbon tubes are used as the air electrode. A steel cover (loose) has a vent set between two electrical contacts, one of which has a blue knob. Two ports are set on either end. Written on side: "100 AHr / 1.2 volts / 1 Amp". The elements' design looks similar to the ones used in the fuel cell demonstrated at the 1958 Worlds Fair (catalog number 2023.0106.04). The donor reports that this type of cell was sold commercially.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Martin E. Kordesch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2023.0106.08
label: accession number
content: 2023.0106
label: catalog number
content: 2023.0106.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fuel cell
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 4 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 10.795 cm x 11.1125 cm x 6.0325 cm