Definition of polarography in English:
polarography
noun ˌpəʊləˈrɒɡrəfiˌpoʊləˈrɑɡrəfi
mass nounChemistry A method of analysis in which a sample is subjected to electrolysis using a special electrode and a range of applied voltages, a plot of current against voltage showing steps corresponding to particular chemical species and proportional to their concentration.
Example sentencesExamples
- The states of the Mn complex reached after increasing periods of heating were investigated by oxygen polarography, EPR spectroscopy, and, in particular, by x-ray absorption spectroscopy.
- In electrochemical analysis by such methods as anodic stripping voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry, differential pulse polarography, and potentiometry, the anode always functions as the site of oxidation.
- He was a physical chemist who won the Nobel Prize in 1959 for his discovery of polarography and its use in analytic chemistry.
Origin
1930s: from polarization (see polarize) + -graphy.
Definition of polarography in US English:
polarography
nounˌpōləˈräɡrəfēˌpoʊləˈrɑɡrəfi
Chemistry A method of analysis in which a sample is subjected to electrolysis using a special electrode and a range of applied voltages, a plot of current against voltage showing steps corresponding to particular chemical species and proportional to their concentration.
Example sentencesExamples
- He was a physical chemist who won the Nobel Prize in 1959 for his discovery of polarography and its use in analytic chemistry.
- The states of the Mn complex reached after increasing periods of heating were investigated by oxygen polarography, EPR spectroscopy, and, in particular, by x-ray absorption spectroscopy.
- In electrochemical analysis by such methods as anodic stripping voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry, differential pulse polarography, and potentiometry, the anode always functions as the site of oxidation.
Origin
1930s: from polarization (see polarize) + -graphy.