Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta (pronounced: al-es-SAN-dro VOL-ta) was an Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power, who is credited as the inventor of the electrical battery and the discoverer of methane. He invented the Voltaic pile in 1800, providing a source of continuous current. Volta's invention sparked a great amount of scientific excitement and led others to conduct similar experiments which eventually led to the development of the field of electrochemistry.
Etymology
The term "volt", a unit of the electromotive force that drives current, was named in Volta's honor in 1881. The term is derived from the last name of Alessandro Volta.
Related Terms
- Voltaic pile: The first electrical battery that could continuously provide an electric current to a circuit. It was invented by Alessandro Volta, who published his experiments in 1800.
- Electrochemistry: The branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical changes caused by electricity and the production of electricity by chemical reactions.
- Methane: A chemical compound with the chemical formula CH4. It is the simplest alkane and the main component of natural gas. Alessandro Volta was the first to identify methane in 1776.
- Electromotive force: A difference in potential that tends to give rise to an electric current. The unit of electromotive force is the volt, named after Alessandro Volta.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Alessandro Volta
- Wikipedia's article - Alessandro Volta
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