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Electrochemistry
A science that deals with the relation of electricity to chemical changes and with the interconversion of chemical and electrical energy.
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Cation
Chemistry; Electrochemistry
An atom or group of atoms that has a positive electric charge and these are formed when an atom or group of atoms loses electrons.
Dry cell
Chemistry; Electrochemistry
An electric cell, such as a flash light battery, in which the chemical compounds that produce the current are made of a paste.
Ionise
Chemistry; Electrochemistry
To change the electric charge of an atom by adding or removing an electron is called as ionising that atom.
Repulsion
Chemistry; Electrochemistry
The electric or magnetic force that pushes apart particles that have the same charge. Protons push each other apart by repulsion.
Battery
Chemistry; Electrochemistry
A device that changes one form of energy into another. Common household batteries change the energy that exists in a paste like mixture of dry chemicals into electric current.
British thermal unit
Chemistry; Electrochemistry
A unit used to measure heat. Each Btu is equal to the amount of heat that is needed to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree.
Charge
Chemistry; Electrochemistry
Property of all particles of matter that causes them to be attracted to or pushed away from other particles.
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