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n. - A conductor used to make contact with some part of a circuit.

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  • In these a dropping mercury electrode is employed to determine current-voltage curves for electrolytes.
  • It will be found that the sealing-in process is much easier when the stem of the electrode is short and when the glass coating is not too heavy.
  • The outer edge of this washer is, therefore, rigid with respect to the rear electrode, which is fixed.
  • (Fe3+) is used as a redox probe to measure the resistance to charge transfer from the solution to the electrode, which is proportional to the amount of cortisol in the...
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