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electrochemistry

Definitions

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  • noun The science of the interaction or interconversion of electric and chemical phenomena.

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  • noun chemistry the science of the chemistry associated with the flow of electricity, especially at the surface of an electrode

Etymologies

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electro- +‎ chemistry

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Examples

  • I felt I should be an expert in electrochemistry, stochastic processes, linear systems theory, and many more subjects.

    Roderick MacKinnon - Autobiography 2004

  • Nernst's early studies in electrochemistry were inspired by

    Walther Nernst - Biography 1966

  • Like Davy he became an accomplished experimenter in the field of electrochemistry, but Berzelius's mind was much more systematic than Davy's: he was given to running programs of hundreds of experiments and then deriving organized generalizations from them.

    Berzelius, Jöns Jakob 2009

  • Prenatal life and the responsiveness of care in the first year are looking increasingly critical in establishing the baseline levels of a child's normal electrochemistry and its subsequent reactivity to stress.

    Family under the microscope 2011

  • Joliot obtained his Doctor of Science degree in 1930, having prepared a thesis on the electrochemistry of radio-elements, and became lecturer in the Paris Faculty of Science in 1935.

    Joliot, Frédéric 2009

  • Davy pioneered electrochemistry, but is best known for inventing the Davy safety lamp for miners.

    Science Maxine 2009

  • Faraday was an English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of the time) who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009

  • Faraday was an English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of the time) who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.

    Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009

  • Michael Faraday overcame such drawbacks as an unfamiliarity with calculus to ask questions that led him to a revolutionary understanding of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.

    In praise of … autodidacts | Editorial 2011

  • Its an amazing team that beings together knowledge of electrochemistry, catalysts, membranes, and balance of plants to work on a battery called a "flow battery".

    Have Solar Panel. Need Batteries. Venkat's Energy Blog 2010

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