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Electric arcs
Electric arc An electric arc is a device in which an electric current (a flow of electrons) is caused to flow between two points separated by a gas. The two points are called electrodes. The one from which the current originates is the cathode. The electrode toward which electrons flow is the... Read more |
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electrode
electrode terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit. In most familiar circuits current is carried by metallic conductors, but in some circuits the current passes for some distance through a nonmetallic conductor. For example, in ... Read more |
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arc
arc in electricity, highly luminous and intensely hot discharge of electricity between two electrodes. The arc was discovered early in the 19th cent. by the English scientist Sir Humphry Davy, who so named it because of its shape. An arc is characterized by a high current, low voltage, and... Read more |
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electric organ
electric organ An organ occurring on the body or tail of certain fish, such as the electric ray (Torpedo) and electric eel (Electrophorus electricus). It gives an electric shock when touched and is used either to stun prey or predators or, in some species, to maintain a weak electric field in the... Read more |
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Electric vehicles
Electric Automobile Background Unlike the gas-powered automobile, the electric automobile did not easily develop into a viable means of transportation. In the early twentieth century, the electric car was vigorously pursued by researchers; however the easily mass-produced... Read more |
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Utilities
Utilities Allegheny Power System, Inc. American Electric Power Company, Inc. Arkla, Inc. Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Bayernwerk AG British Gas plc Carolina Power & Light Company Centerior Energy Corporation Read more |
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electrolysis
electrolysis , passage of an electric current through a conducting solution or molten salt that is decomposed in the process. The Electrolytic Process The electrolytic process requires that an electrolyte , an ionized solution or molten metallic salt, complete an electric circuit between two... Read more |
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Kenetech Corp
Kenetech Corporation 500 Sansome StreetSan Francisco, CA 94111U.S.A.(415) 398-3825Fax: (415) 391-7740 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1979 as U.S. WindpowerEmployees: 1,200Sales: $.25 billionStock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 1510 Energy Resources; 8340 Electric, Gas, and WaterUtilities; 8370... Read more |
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Westinghouse BuildingGateway CenterPittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222U.S.A.(412) 244 Read more |
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Galileo Ferraris
Ferraris, Galileo (b. Livorno Vercellese, Italy, 31 October 1847; d. Turin, Italy, 7 February 1897) electrical engineering, physics. One of four children of a pharmacist, Ferraris became one of the prime electrical innovators of the 1880 Read more |
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