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Definitions: Electrolysis |
ElectrolysisNoun1. Lysis of a bond produced by the passage of an electric current. 2. Removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Electrolysis \E`lec*trol"y*sis\, noun. [Electro- Greek expression loosing, dissolving, from to loose, dissolve.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Chemistry | A chemical change caused by passage of electric current through an electrolyte with as the overall result a direct transformation of electrical energy into chemical energy through the mechanism of electrode reactions and ionic migration. Source: European Union. (references) |
Energy | A chemical change in a substance that results from the passage of an electric current through an electrolyte. The production of commercial hydrogen by separating the elements of water, hydrogen, and oxygen, by charging the water with an electrical current. (references) |
| Breaking a chemical compound down into its elements by passinga direct current through it. Electrolysis of water, for example, produces hydrogen andoxygen. (references) | |
Health | Destruction by passage of a galvanic electric current, as in disintegration of a chemical compound in solution. (references) |
Mining | A method of breaking down a compound in its natural form or in solution by passing an electric current through it, the ions present moving to one electrode or the other where they may be released as new substances. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In chemistry and manufacturing, electrolysis is a method of separating bonded elements and compoundss by passing an electric current through them.
Scientific pioneers of electrolysis included:
It's important to note that electrolysis does not, of itself, depend on heat in any way. Although heat may be produced, it is not limited to a fundamental thermodynamic efficiency. Its efficiency can be quite close to 100%.
The hydrogen fuel cell uses the reverse of this process.
In 1832, Faraday reported that the quantity of elements separated by passing an electrical current through a molten or dissolved salt was proportional to the quantity of current passed through the circuit. This became the basis of the first law of electrolysis.
Faraday also discovered that the weight of the resulting separated elements was directly proportional to the atomic weights of the elements when an appropriate integral divisor was applied. This provided strong evidence that discrete particles of electricity existed as parts of the atoms of elements.
Electrolysis is also a method of depilation (q.v.) (From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Galvanic electrolysis was first used by physician Charles Michel in the 1870s to remove ingrown eyelashes. A galvanic epilator is essentially a positive ground power supply that delivers 0-2 milliamperes through the body. The follicular probe is the cathode of an electrolytic cell. Sodium Hydroxide formed at the cathode burns out the hair matrix cells. Modern galvanic epilators automatically adjust the voltage to maintain constant current.
Thermolysis was developed in the 1920s. A thermolytic epilator is essentially a radio transmitter, usually with an output of about 0-8 watts at a frequency of 10.56 MHz. RF energy emanates from the probe to tissue within about a millimeter. The idea is to heat the hair matrix to about 48oC, effecting electrocoagulation.
Thermolysis allows more epilations in less time, typically 1-4 seconds per insertion, compared to 15 seconds to several minutes for galvanic. On the other hand, the galvanic method is more thorough, and leaves fewer follicles capable of regrowing hair. A third modality, called "blend", was developed by Alfred Hinkle in 1948 and combines RF and direct current, combining many of the advantages of both methods.
See also: WaxingFirst Law of Electrolysis
Second Law of Electrolysis
Industrial Uses
Manufacture of aluminium, lithium and aspirin. Hydrogen carElectrolysis (cosmetology)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Electrolysis."
Crosswords: Electrolysis |
| English words defined with "electrolysis": electrodeposition, electrolytic, Electrolytical, Electro-negative, electroplate, electroplater, Electro-positive ♦ plating. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "electrolysis": Anions, anode effect, anode mud ♦ bacterial leaching ♦ Cations, Cations, Divalent, Cations, Monovalent, CELL-FEED-DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR, CHEMICAL MIXER ♦ Dow process ♦ electroextraction, electrolysis operator, ELECTROLYSIS-AND-CORROSION-CONTROL ENGINEER, explosive antimony ♦ Fray, Farthing, Chen process ♦ inert anode, insoluble anode, ionic transport number ♦ MacArthur and Forest cyanide process, microbial leaching ♦ nickel plating, NICKEL-PLANT OPERATOR ♦ overvoltage ♦ periodic reverse ♦ slime deliveryman, SUPERVISOR, BRINE, SUPERVISOR, CELL ROOM, SUPERVISOR, CELL-EFFICIENCY, SUPERVISOR, SHEET MANUFACTURING ♦ TANK TENDER, TANK-HOUSE OPERATOR, TRANSMISSION-AND-PROTECTION ENGINEER, transport number. (references) |
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Business | Advanced technologies have not been adopted including ion exchange, chromatographic fractionation, membrane separation, statically separation filiation, mercury cathode electrolysis, vapor liquidation, and column separation. (references) | |
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Dennis Miller | America is, in part, to blame, for the Third World's financial mismanagement because, for a long time, we would send them billions of dollars with fewer strings attached than Pinocchio after electrolysis. |
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| "Electrolysis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Electrolysis" is used about 37 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 37 | 56,631 |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
electrolysis | 1,063 |
electrolysis hair removal | 58 |
home electrolysis | 58 |
water electrolysis | 58 |
electrolysis hydrogen | 20 |
electrolysis school | 19 |
electrolysis machine | 16 |
electrolysis one touch | 16 |
electrolysis home one touch | 15 |
cost electrolysis | 13 |
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| Language | Translations for "electrolysis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | elektrolizë. (various references) | |
Arabic | التحليل الكهربائي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | електролиза. (various references) | |
Chinese | "析. (various references) | |
Czech | elektrolýza. (various references) | |
Danish | elektrolyse. (various references) | |
Dutch | elektrolyse. (various references) | |
Finnish | elektrolyysi. (various references) | |
French | électrolyse. (various references) | |
German | elektrolyse (electroanalysis), Elektrolysen. (various references) | |
Greek | ηλεκτρόλυση. (various references) | |
Hebrew | אלקטרוליס", "פר"" חשמלית. (various references) | |
Hungarian | elektrolízis. (various references) | |
Indonesian | elektrolisa. (various references) | |
Italian | elettrolisi. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 電解 (electrolytic), 電気分解 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | で"きぶ"かい, で"かい (electric field, electrolytic). (various references) | |
Korean | 기분해. (various references) | |
Manx | scarrey lectragh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | electrolysisay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | eletrolisar, electrólise. (various references) | |
Romanian | electrolizã. (various references) | |
Russian | электролиз. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | elektroliza. (various references) | |
Spanish | electrólisis. (various references) | |
Swedish | elektrolys. (various references) | |
Turkish | epilasyon, elektroliz. (various references) | |
Ukranian | електроліз. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự điện phân, hiện tượng điện phân. (various references) | |
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"Electrolysis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: electolysis, electrlysis, electrolisis, electrolisys, electrolosis, electrolys, electrolyser. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "electrolysis" (pronounced ule'ktrÄ"lusus) |
| 7 | -r Ä" l u s u s | hydrolysis. |
| 5 | -l u s u s | analysis, dialysis, psychoanalysis, urinalysis. |
| 4 | -u s u s | antithesis, archdiocese, diocese, Genesis, hypothesis, metamorphosis, morphogenesis, nemesis, organogenesis, photosynthesis, psoriasis, synthesis. |
| 3 | -s u s | acidosis, amniocentesis, apotheosis, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, axis, catharsis, census, cirrhosis, colossus, consensus, crisis, diagnosis, fibrosis, geotaxis, glacis, heterosis, homeostasis, hypnosis, meiosis, misdiagnosis, Narcissus, necrosis, nephrosis, neurofibromatosis, neurosis, nexus, phototaxis, plexus, preadolescence, proboscis, prognosis, prosthesis, psychokinesis, psychosis, rhesus, sclerosis, symbiosis, synopsis, Tarsus, telexes, Texas, thesis, thrombosis, tuberculosis, versus. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-l-l-o-r-s-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: recoilless, tirelessly. | |
-3 letters: cloisters, coistrels, corselets, creolises, cryolites, sclerites, selectors, sollerets, sterilely, trellises, trisceles. | |
-4 letters: celerity, cellists, cloister, clysters, coesites, coistrel, colliers, colliery, coreless, corselet, corslets, costlier, costrels, coteries, creolise, crosslet, crosstie, cryolite, electors, electros, esoteric, estriols, leisters, restyles, reticles, roselles, sclerite, sclerose, secretly, selectly, selector, serosity, sisterly, solecise, solecist, solerets, solleret, solstice, styliser, systolic, tiercels, tireless, triscele, trolleys, trollies. | |
-5 letters: ceilers, cellist, cerises, cerites, citoles, clerisy, closely, closers, closest, closets, clyster, coesite, coilers, collets, collier, collies, colters, corsets, corslet, cosiest, costers, costrel, coterie, creoles, cresols, cresset, cresyls, crossly, elector, electro, erectly, erosely, erotics, escorts, estriol, etoiles, iceless, ireless, lectors, leerily, leister, lictors, listees, listels, listers, loiters, lorises, lyrists, ossicle, ostlers, oysters, recites, recoils, relicts, relists, resects, resells, resiles, resites, resoles, restyle, retells, reticle, retiles, rillets, rissole, roselle, rosiest, scoters, scrolls, secrets, sectile, sectors, selects, sellers, sillers, slicers, society, soirees, soleret, sorites, sorties, stereos, sterile, sterols, stiller, storeys, stories, streels, strolls, stylers, stylise, systole, telesis, tellers, tellies, teloses, tercels, tersely, tieless, tiercel, tierces, tillers, toeless, toilers, tollers, toyless, trellis, tressel, trioses, trolley, yellers. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-l-l-o-r-s-s-t-y" | |
+3 letters: electroanalysis, electrodialyses, electrodialysis. | |
+4 letters: stereoscopically. | |
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HTML Code (1990) (references)E l e c t r o l y s i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006C 0065 0063 0074 0072 006F 006C 0079 0073 0069 0073 |
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