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Dry Leclanché zinc-carbon cells

Dry Leclanché zinc-carbon cells have a central carbon current collector immersed in the positive cathode (a mixture of MnO2 and carbon), a container of metallic zinc as the anode, and an electrolyte of aqueous NH4Cl and/or ZnCl2. (reference)

Dry Leclanche cell assembly showing the components of a cell