cathodic
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- cathodally adverb
- cathodically adverb
Etymology
Origin of cathodic
Example Sentences
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In contrast to conventional lithium-ion batteries, which have liquid organic electrolytes and use a polymer film to separate the anodic and cathodic compartments, all components of a solid-state battery are solids.
From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2023
This is cathodic protection and can be used for metals other than just iron.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
If the zinc layer is breached by either corrosion or mechanical abrasion, the iron may still be protected from corrosion by a cathodic protection process, which is described in the next paragraph.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Which of these metals could be used as a sacrificial anode in the cathodic protection of an underground steel storage tank?
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
The impurities accompanying the synthetic tannin, i.e., salts, free sulphuric acid, and some phenols, migrated anodic and cathodic respectively, according to their charges.
From Synthetic Tannins by Grasser, Georg
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