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electromotive force series

DEFINITIONS OF: electromotive force series

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n a serial arrangement of metallic elements or ions according to their electrode potentials determined under specified conditions; the order shows the tendency of one metal to reduce the ions of any other metal below it in the series

Synonyms:
electrochemical series, electromotive series
Type of:
series
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
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