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Using electricity to bully molecules into breaking up against their will.
means A process that uses an electric current to drive a non-spontaneous chemical reaction, splitting a compound into its separate elements or ions.
from Coined in the 1830s from 'electro-' plus the Greek 'lysis' (λύσις), meaning 'a loosening' or 'dissolution' — the same root that gives us 'analysis' and 'paralysis.' The term was championed by Michael Faraday, who worked with the polymath William Whewell to settle on precise vocabulary for his electrical experiments, wanting a word that captured electricity literally 'loosening apart' a substance's bonds.
- discovered by
- Faraday, who also named the terms we still use
- makes
- hydrogen, aluminum, chlorine, and smooth legs
- hair removal
- zaps follicles one by one, permanently, painfully
- future role
- key to green hydrogen fuel production