(n.) The art or process of depositing a coating (commonly) of silver, gold, or nickel on an inferior metal, by means of electricity.
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.
Electrotype
Definition:
(n.) A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively.
(v. t.) To make facsimile plates of by the electrotype process; as, to electrotype a page of type, a book, etc. See Electrotype, n.
Example Sentences:
(1) Starch gel electrophoresis showed all strains to possess adenyl kinase, glutamate dehydrogenases and lactate dehydrogenase; each enzyme migrated uniformly (monomorphic) among the strains and represented an electrotype.
(2) In contrast to the conventional methods of making galvanoplastic die-models a new technology of electrotype with copper is described.
(3) Shops with non-isolated electrotype lines were characterized by the most unfavourable labour conditions.
(4) When the electrophoretic mobilities of the various esterases were included, each of the 53 strains of Acinetobacter (with the exception of three A. haemolyticus strains) showed a distinct electrotype.
(5) Three different unusual GPX1 electrotypes are described.
(6) The contributors propose a set of newly performed hygienic studies in the widely developed technologies of electrotype, expound a complex of the hazardous occupational factors commonly encountered in modern galvanoplastics, contamination of the equipment, overalls and the skin with the metallic compounds contained in the galvanic electrolytes.
(7) Using DNA from clinical isolates of all six serotypes (a-f) and a genetically-defined capsule-deficient recipient strain Rb-: 02, we constructed a series of capsular transformants otherwise identical with respect to outer-membrane protein and LPS subtype, biotype, and electrotype.