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electrochemical equivalent

[ ih-lek-truh-kem-i-kuhl ]

noun

, Physical Chemistry.
  1. the mass, in grams, of a substance deposited on the electrode of a voltameter by 1 coulomb of electricity.


electrochemical equivalent

noun

  1. the mass of an element liberated from its ions or converted into them by one coulomb of electric charge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of electrochemical equivalent1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

Thus the electromotive force is equal to the change of this free energy per electrochemical equivalent of reaction in the cell.

The number ε is a definite quantity of the element, and is called its electrochemical equivalent.

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