electrolyze
Americanverb (used with object)
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Hydrogen is generated on site at both stations using energy from solar panels on the roof to electrolyze water.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2014
"For every kilogram of hydrogen, it can make thirteen kilograms of fuel. Watney has five hundred and fifty liters of water. We'll have him electrolyze it to get sixty kilograms of hydrogen."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
These experiments give abundant proofs that a single pair of plates can electrolyze bodies and separate their elements.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael
To offer a genuine climate solution, hydrogen must be electrolyzed with either purpose-built renewable sources or drawn from renewable electricity flowing through grids that have already minimized their use of fossil fuel.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2022
Finally, the magnesium chloride is melted and electrolyzed to yield liquid magnesium metal and diatomic chlorine gas.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
As it senses my approach, the Washlet sprays the inside of the toilet bowl with a preparatory mist of electrolyzed water—ensuring that, as the manual somewhat primly explains, “dirt” will not stick.
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2014
When the hot lye cools in towering tanks, pure aluminum hydroxide separates from it and is ready to be baked and electrolyzed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus the chloride of lead is an electrolyte, and when electrolyzed evolves the two ions, chlorine and lead, the former being an anion, and the latter a cation.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael
Water eletrolysis process is a system that produces hydrogen by electrolyzing water.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2024
Water electrolysis is a cutting-edge technology that produces hydrogen through the process of electrolyzing water.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2024
Today, very little hydrogen is green, because the process involved — electrolyzing water to separate hydrogen atoms from oxygen — is hugely energy intensive.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
He hit on the idea of finding a solvent for the oxide ore, bauxite, then electrolyzing the solution, sending oxygen to one electrode, pure aluminum to the other.
From Time Magazine Archive
Also, you’ll need to start electrolyzing water to get the hydrogen for the fuel plant.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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