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electrochemical equivalent
[ ih-lek-truh-kem-i-kuhl ]
noun
, Physical Chemistry.
- the mass, in grams, of a substance deposited on the electrode of a voltameter by 1 coulomb of electricity.
electrochemical equivalent
noun
- the mass of an element liberated from its ions or converted into them by one coulomb of electric charge
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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.
From Project Gutenberg
The number ε is a definite quantity of the element, and is called its electrochemical equivalent.
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