Electrolysis
[,ɪlek'trɒlɪsɪs;,el-] or [ɪ,lɛk'trɑləsɪs]
Definition
(noun.) removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root.
(noun.) (chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions.
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Definition
(n.) The act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action of electricity; as, the electrolysis of silver or nickel for plating; the electrolysis of water.
Checker: Stella
Examples
- The production of caustic soda, sodium carbonate, and chlorine by the electrolysis of brine, is carried on upon a large scale, and will probably supersede all other methods. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- All metallic sodium and potassium are now obtained by electrolysis of fused hydroxides or chlorides (Pats. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There may be a succession of decompositions and recompositions before the electrolysis is complete. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- His earliest experiments were in the line of electrolysis. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- As before stated, Faraday was also the first to proclaim the laws of electrolysis, or electro-chemical decomposition. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Thus the art of electrolysis--the decomposition of substances by the galvanic current, was established. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Theodore