electrolytic decomposition

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• voltameter — /vɒlˈtæmətə/ (say vol tamuhtuh) noun a device for measuring the quantity of electricity passing through a conductor by the amount of electrolytic decomposition it produces, or for measuring the strength of a current by the amount of such… …  

• vol|tam|e|ter — «vol TAM uh tuhr», noun. a device for measuring the quantity of electricity passing through a conductor by the amount of electrolytic decomposition it produces, or for measuring the strength of a current by the amount of such decomposition in a… …   Useful english dictionary

• SO4 — Sulphion Sul phi*on, n. [Sulpho + ion.] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical, {SO4}, regarded as forming the acid or negative constituent of sulphuric acid and the sulphates in electrolytic decomposition; so called in accordance with the binary theory… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sulphion — Sul phi*on, n. [Sulpho + ion.] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical, {SO4}, regarded as forming the acid or negative constituent of sulphuric acid and the sulphates in electrolytic decomposition; so called in accordance with the binary theory of salts …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sulphione — Sulphion Sul phi*on, n. [Sulpho + ion.] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical, {SO4}, regarded as forming the acid or negative constituent of sulphuric acid and the sulphates in electrolytic decomposition; so called in accordance with the binary theory… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English