overall: 11 in x 11 in x 17 in; 27.94 cm x 27.94 cm x 43.18 cm
overall approximate: 16 in x 11 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 40.64 cm x 29.21 cm x 29.21 cm
Object Name:
Electrolytic Fluorine Cell
Date made:
1937 - 1938
Description:
Electrolytic cell designed and built in 1937-1938 by William T. Miller (1911-1998), an organic chemist at Cornell University who worked on chemically resistant materials. It is made from nickel castings, has an asbestos-lined jacket, and is resistant to the corrosive effects of fluorine. During World War II, Miller worked on the Manhattan Project, developing materials that could withstand the corrosive power of uranium hexafluoride (a byproduct in the process of separating U-235 from U-238).
Ref: “William Taylor Miller, 87, Organic Chemist,” New York Times (Nov. 27, 1998), p. B19.
