electrolysis

1. technicalHC the process of separating a liquid into its chemical parts by passing an electric current through it 电解

2. DCBthe process of using electricity to destroy hair roots and to remove unwanted hairs from your face etc 电解除毛

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electrolysis• We have also seen that hydrogen is made as a byproduct of the makeup of oxygen by electrolysis of water.• A carbon dioxide electrolysis unit requires both thermal and electrical power; indeed, it needs more thermal than electrical power.• In electrolysis you attach a battery to two metal electrodes which are dipped into a sodium chloride solution.• The neutron production rate appeared to rise after about an hour of electrolysis and then dropped dramatically after eight hours.• This is psychic electrolysis for the headstrong.• The high-temperature electrolysis scheme that we explored in connection with a lunar base can separate carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon monoxide.• High-temperature electrolysis uses a large amount of electrical and thermal energy.• Some emphasis was given to the fact that one night, while the electrolysis was running, the apparatus exploded.

Origin electrolysis

(1800-1900) electro- + Greek lysis “untying”

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