A substance whose aqueous solutions conduct electricity.
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Ampere
Unit of electrical current, one ampere equals one coulomb per second.
Secondary Voltaic Cells
Voltaic cells that can be recharged, original reactanats can be regenerated be reversing the direction of the current flow.
Atomic Number
Mass Spectrometer
An instrument that measures the charge-to-mass ratio of charged particles.
Amine Complexes
Complex species that contain ammonia molecules bonded to metal ions.
Geometrical Isomers
Compounds with different arrangements of groups on either side of a bond with restricted rotation, such as a double bond or a single bond in a ring, for example cis-trans isomers of certain alkenes. Stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other, also known as position isomers.
Cyclotron
A device for accelerating charged particles along a spiral path.
Dipole
Refers to the separation of charge between two covalently bonded atoms.
Cathode
Electrode at which reduction occurs in a cathode ray tube, the negative electrode.
Lanthanide Contraction
A decrease in the radii of the elements following the lanthanides compared to what would be expected if there were no f-transition metals.
