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| the branch of chemistry that deals with the relationships between electricity and chemical reactions |
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| the substance that is oxidized; causes the reduction of some other substance in an oxidation-reduction reaction |
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| the substance that is reduced; causes the oxidation of some other substance in an oxidation-reduction reaction |
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| an electrode at which reduction occurs |
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| an electrode at which oxidation occurs |
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| a device in which a spontaneous oxidation-reduction reaction occurs with the passage of electrons through an external circuit |
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| electromotive force (emf)/ cell potential |
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| a measure of driving force for the completion of an electrochemical reaction |
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| the emf of a cell when all reagents are at standard conditions |
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| an equation that relates the cell emf to the standard emf, and the reaction quotient |
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| a self-contained electrochemical power source that contains one or more voltaic cells |
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| a voltaic cell that utilizes the oxidation of a conventional fuel in the cell reaction |
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| a unit of power; 1 W = 1 J/s |
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| a voltaic cell containing the same electrolyte and the same electrode materials in both the anode and cathode compartments |
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| derived unit of electric charge; the amount of charge carried by one ampere of current in one second |
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| unit of electromotive force; the difference of potential that would drive one ampere of current against one ohm resistance |
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| a unit of electric current equal to a flow of one coulomb per second |
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| a rxn in which a nonspon. redox rxn is brought about by the passage of current under a sufficient external electrical potential |
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| a material reacts with chemicals in its surroundings and breaks down |
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