Electrolyte
[ɪ'lektrəlaɪt] or [ɪ'lɛktrəlaɪt]
Definition
(noun.) a solution that conducts electricity; 'the proper amount and distribution of electrolytes in the body is essential for health'.
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Definition
(n.) A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.
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Examples
- The active metals of the electrodes--which will oxidize and reduce in this electrolyte without dissolution or chemical deterioration--are nickel and iron. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- By reason of this, both the element and the electrolyte that have been used up must be renewed from time to time, in order to obtain a continued supply of electric current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- On closing the circuit of a primary battery an electric current is generated by reason of the chemical action which is set up between the electrolyte and the elements. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The electrolyte of the Edison battery is a 21 per cent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the year last named Edison first brought out his new form of nickel-iron cell with alkaline electrolyte, as we have related in the preceding narrative. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This involves a gradual consumption of one of the elements and a corresponding exhaustion of the active properties of the electrolyte. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In this type, the cell containing the elements was filled with sand, which was kept moist with an electrolyte. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The perforations of the containing tube, through which the electrolyte reaches the active material, are also shown in Fig. 7. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- To prevent these electrolytes from freezing we had in each meter a strip of metal. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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