- is used in the body
of this article. The earliest-known
metals—common
metals such as iron, copper, and tin, and
precious metals such as silver, gold...
- the
fifth alkali metal, is the most
reactive of all the
metals. All the
alkali metals react with water, with the
heavier alkali metals reacting more vigorously...
- action.
Cathodic protection uses one or more
sacrificial anodes made
of a
metal which is more
active than the
protected metal.
Alloys of metals commonly used...
-
insert two
electrodes made
of different metals into a lemon, potato, etc. and
generate small amounts of electricity. A
voltaic pile can be made from two...
- term is
voltaic arc, as used in the
phrase "
voltaic arc lamp".
Techniques for arc
suppression can be used to
reduce the
duration or
likelihood of arc formation...
-
Electropositive elemental metals, such as lithium, sodium, magnesium, iron, zinc, and aluminium, are good
reducing agents.
These metals donate electrons relatively...
-
integrated circuits. It is also used to
purify metals such as copper. The
aforementioned electroplating of metals uses an
electroreduction process (that is...
-
Semiconductors states Kurt
Lehovec may have been the
first to
explain the photo-
voltaic effect in the peer
reviewed journal Physical Review. 1954 – The
first practical...
-
other metals,
cadmium is
resistant to
corrosion and as a
result it is used as a
protective layer when
deposited on
other metals. As a bulk
metal, cadmium...
-
pieces of charcoal,
capable of producing light-bearing
phenomena by
means of the Galvanic-
Voltaic fluid, and if
there are then
insulated metal conductors...
