solvation
Britishnoun
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The rate at which ions in any battery break free from such environments, or solvation cages in polymer electrolytes, helps determine how energy flows through the battery.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024
NR allowed them to see solvation, or how much water is distributed across the film, and showed that under potential the film swells and takes in water.
From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023
The chemistry of these microdroplet interfaces is dominated by large electric fields, partial solvation where molecules are partially surrounded by water, highly reactive molecules and very high acidity.
From Salon • Nov. 15, 2022
They suggested that although interionic attraction in an aqueous solution is very greatly reduced by solvation of the ions and the insulating action of the polar solvent, it is not completely nullified.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
On solution in water, hydration or solvation probably takes place with the production of heat.
From Chlorination of Water by Race, Joseph
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