Chemistry GCSE
External reactants
What External reactants means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of External reactants
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Reference: AQA
The fuel and oxygen or air are fed into the cell from outside rather than being stored as the cell's only energy source.
Topics that use External reactants
- Fuel cells (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Anode
- Continuous electricity generation
- Electrochemical oxidation
- Electrodes
- Electron transfer
- Evaluating hydrogen fuel cells
- Fuel cells
- Half equations
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