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migration Faraday’s laws of electrolysis ion migration velocity electricity electrochemical reaction field separation electrophoresis bioelectricity static electricity thermoelectricity electric potential electrical double layer piezoelectricity atmospheric electricity

Key People

Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday

British physicist and chemist

Sir Humphry Davy

Sir Humphry Davy

British chemist

Johann Wilhelm Ritter

German physicist

Nicholson, William

William Nicholson

English chemist and inventor

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