A device used for accelerating charged particles along a straight line path.
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Electroplating
Plating a metal onto a (cathodic) surface by electrolysis.
Amorphous Solid
A noncrystalline solid with no well-defined ordered structure.
Reverse Osmosis
Forcing solvent molecules to flow through a semipermable membrane from a concentated solution into a dilute solution by the application of greater hydrostatic pressure on concentrated side than the osmotic pressure opposing it.
yttria
Y2O3: A white, water-insoluble powder, Y2O3, used chiefly in incandescent gas and acetylene mantles.
Complex Ions
Ions resulting from the formation of coordinate covalent bonds between simple ions and other ions or molecules.
Coulometry
The quantitative application of Faraday's Law to the analysis of materials. The current and time are the usual variables measured.
Evaporization
Vaporization of a liquid below its boiling point.
Hydration
Reaction of a substance with water.
Downs Cell
Electrolytic cell for the commercial electrolysis of molten sodium chloride. For further information see Electrochemistry or Fuel Cells.
Electron Deficient Compounds
Compounds that contain at least one atom (other than H) that shares fewer than eight electrons.
