(n.) The act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action of electricity; as, the electrolysis of silver or nickel for plating; the electrolysis of water.
Example Sentences:
(1) We found that electroepilation (electrolysis) helps control hirsutism, and 93% of the patients improved.
(2) A modified technique of epilation by electrolysis is reported.
(3) Two died of lung hemorrhage due to too fast electrolysis causing lung rupture but the other 4 survived when electrolysis was performed at a lower speed.
(4) In some rats the pineal stalk was lesioned either by electrolysis or by surgical means.
(5) The free radical scavengers, superoxide dismutase and a combination of tryptophan plus glycine, were effective in protecting the hearts from the effects of electrolysis.
(6) The radiosensitizing properties of electrolysis were tested in 55 rats with experimental tumors (Part II).
(7) b) Management of trichiasis: Electrolysis of misdirected lashes leads to contraction and renewed misdirection.
(8) Depending on the sample tested, the purity of the silver recovered by electrolysis varied from 78 to 89 percent.
(9) We measured the rats' placental blood flow by monitoring the clearance of hydrogen gas generated by electrolysis.
(10) This detachment was elicited by electrolysis of the stainless steel wire nearest to the thrombus-covered platinum coil.
(11) Complications of electrolysis and thermolysis and the pathophysiology of hair regrowth are presented.
(12) The most probable cause of the inhibition are reactive oxygen species such as superoxide and hydrogen peroxide, which are inevitably generated by electrolysis.
(13) Electrolysis potentials were selected as the oxidation peak potential of the ascorbic acid obtained by CV.
(14) Some industrial processes, such as the electrolysis of zinc solutions, anodic oxidation of aluminum, ore flotation, etc., result in the generation of gas microbubbles; the composition of their liquid envelope depends on, but is not identical to, the composition of the bulk of the liquid phase.
(15) Of the 20 different materials in a phone , only a small fraction are ever recuperated, even in the most sophisticated electronics recycling plants such as the huge smelting and electrolysis facility run by metals firm Umicore in Antwerp.
(16) Treatment includes removal or neutralization of any discrete source of serum androgens, normalization of altered steroid physiology, and cosmetic correction (electrolysis) of existing hair growth.
(17) In addition, the products generated by controlled-potential electrolysis were examined by ESR and NMR spectrometry.
(18) In addition, the endothelium was damaged by exposing vessels to free radicals generated by electrolysis of the buffer (4 Hz, 9 V, 1 ms, 5 min).
(19) Two schemes are discussed: treatment of the sewage in an electrolysis plant followed by its afterpurification either in a column with pyrolusite or during a joint process of electrochemical purification with catalyst location on the plant bottom under the electrodes.
(20) CP (0.25 microM) afforded 80 and 63% protection (n = 8, p less than 0.05), respectively, against the deleterious effects of electrolysis-induced OFR on left ventricular pressure and coronary flow.
Electroplate
Definition:
(v. t.) To plate or cover with a coating of metal, usually silver, nickel, or gold, by means of electrolysis.
Example Sentences:
(1) 14 (38%) of 37 chrome platers in 17 chrome electroplating factories surveyed had occupational contact dermatitis, chrome ulcers, or both.
(2) In conclusion, the finding that adenomas and adenocarcinomas were observed in mice exposed to chromic acid mist suggests the need to give careful attention to the possibility of respiratory cancers in chromium electroplating workers.
(3) The study tested the feasibility of using urinary nickel (Ni-U) as a biological indicator to assess exposure to soluble nickel compounds in electroplating departments at concentrations well below the current TLV-TWA.
(4) Nickel subsulfide (Ni3S2), nickel sulfate (NiSO4), nickel chloride (NiCl2), and nickel oxide (NiO), are four compounds encountered by workers in the nickel-refining and electroplating industries.
(5) The relationship between atmospheric exposure to nickel and urine and plasma nickel concentrations was studied by following four workers from an electroplating shop for one work week by daily measurements of the nickel concentration in workroom air with personal samplers and nickel concentrations in blood and urine samples collected before and after the work shift.
(6) With regard to individual occupations too, the medical staff showed the highest incidence (20.8 per cent), followed by bricklayers and concrete workers (8.6 per cent), electroplating workers (6.7 per cent) and milkers (6.4 per cent).
(7) Electroplated samples are counted in any one of 96 detectors.
(8) Finally, Ni was electroplated onto copper discs from an ammonium sulfate medium at high pH.
(9) The effect of electroplating factory effluent in different concentrations (viz., 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, and 4.0%) on the germination and growth of hyacinth beans (Dolichos lablab) and mustard seeds (Brassica compestris) was studied.
(10) It was observed that the workers engaged in non-dusty occupations such as brass sheet cutting and engraving showed the lowest prevalence of the disease (5.0%) while those engaged in the dusty occupations viz., casting, soldering, electroplating and polishing showed the highest prevalence (12.0%).
(11) Nuclides of Am, Pu and U are separated from the sample matrix by anion exchange and are electroplated on a stainless steel disc (Gautier and Gladney 1986).
(12) Adhesions of 4-META resin to three other surface states--as-polished, oxidized at high temperature, and electroplated tin--were also performed for comparison with the adhesion on Adlloy-modified surfaces.
(13) The plates, made by electroplating a thin layer of copper onto flat brass shims, were gripped between the thumb and the index finger.
(14) Nickel subsulfide (Ni3S2), nickel sulfate (NiSO4), and nickel oxide (NiO) are encountered occupationally in the nickel refining and electroplating industries, with inhalation being a common route of exposure.
(15) In an attempt to obtain information about structural changes related to electrical activity in Electrophorus electroplates, we have determined the size and time course of the changes in light scattering and in bire-fringence that occur during and after the discharge of the electric organ.2.
(16) radiation in respiratory carcinogenesis, the cytotoxic and transforming potency of 5.5 Me V alpha-particles from electroplated sources of 238Pu were determined using primary cultures of rat tracheal epithelial cells.
(17) Efficacy of routine treatment and lateral electroplating was comparatively assessed in 60 females with a history of habitual abortion.
(18) The processes were open tank and enclosed tank degreasing with trichloroethylene (TCE), chromium conversion coating, and chromium electroplating.
(19) Elevated concentrations of nickel are observed in urine specimens from nickel-exposed workers, including nickel electroplating workers (mean = 27 micrograms per L, range = 3.1 to 82 micrograms per L, N = 19) and nickel battery workers (mean = 32 micrograms per L, range = 2.8 to 103 micrograms per L, N = 7).
(20) Determinations of urinary chromium on 26 workers from 6 chromium electroplating workshops are presented and discussed in relation with results of airborne chromium.