How to Use electrolysis in a Sentence

electrolysis

noun
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  • She had electrolysis done on her upper lip.
  • Are electrolysis and laser hair removal the same thing?
    — Margaux Anbouba, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The best way to get rid of pesky facial hair is either laser hair removal (on dark hairs) or electrolysis.
    — Ellen Warren, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2018
  • The foam core acts a conductor, and the nickel-iron hydroxide starts the electrolysis.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 20 Mar. 2019
  • But first, electrolysis (pdf) needs to get much better.
    — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The bulk of the power would be used to run desalination and electrolysis equipment.
    — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 6 June 2019
  • Your lipstick hears that electrolysis doesn’t hurt too much.
    — Audrey Burges, The New Yorker, 5 July 2023
  • Molten regolith electrolysis byproducts are used to create cover glass to protect the solar cells for at least a decade, and the aluminum is used as wire.
    — Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The company uses electrolysis to remove the oxides from iron ore, instead of the standard method which uses coke, a form of coal, to burn away the oxygen.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The process using photo catalysts is the best option for space travel as the equipment weighs much less than the one needed for electrolysis.
    — Charles W. Dunnill, Scientific American, 10 July 2018
  • Water has been turned into hydrogen and oxygen for decades, through the process of electrolysis.
    — Russ Mitchell Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2020
  • On the flip side, there’s electrolysis, which produces even longer-lasting results than laser treatments.
    — Jessica Cruel, SELF, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Ionized water has been put through an electrical process called electrolysis (not to be confused with the hair-removal treatment with the same name).
    — Christy Brissette, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2019
  • It’s produced using wind and solar power, along with a high-tech electrolysis process.
    — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The equipment needed for the beginning of the process—transferring a drawing onto a metal pattern by means of a glass plate, wax and electrolysis—had been lost.
    — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Hair removal methods range from easy and cheap (like shaving with a razor) to high-tech and expensive (like laser hair removal and electrolysis).
    — Heather L. Brannon, Md, Verywell Health, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The effort planned at the Minnesota plant will use a process called high-temperature steam electrolysis.
    — Keith Ridler, Star Tribune, 11 Nov. 2020
  • The goal, though, is to create it from renewables using electrolysis.
    — Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • But those levels didn't increase over time, confirming that the system kept the seawater out of the electrolysis chamber.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2022
  • That compressed carbon dioxide is then sent to the 10-cell solid oxide electrolysis stack.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 28 Mar. 2021
  • There are non-razor options, such as laser, electrolysis, or hair-removal creams, either by prescription or over-the-counter.
    — Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard, Allure, 30 June 2021
  • The industry has struggled to bring down the cost of this technology, which is produced using wind and solar power and a high tech electrolysis process.
    — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Claude came back to electroplating, to sculpting directly from nature thanks to electrolysis and the system of molds.
    — Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022
  • The hydrogen itself can be produced by running this process in reverse, which is called electrolysis.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2018
  • Oxygen is available as a byproduct of mining for water ice using a process called electrolysis.
    — WIRED, 20 Jan. 2023
  • On a recent Friday morning, a chlorine smell floated through the pilot site, a telltale sign of the electrolysis process used to produce magnesium.
    — Sandrine Rastello and Natalie Obiko Pearson, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Instead of funding only early-stage research, the project allows the DOE to intervene at any point in the technology’s path to market in order to bring down the cost of electrolysis.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Our battery is way below this voltage, around 0.65 V, so water electrolysis cannot occur.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Ars Technica, 9 May 2023
  • Some women also opt for hair removal with electrolysis or lasers, though this usually needs to be done on a regular basis.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 9 Mar. 2023
  • There are more long-lasting options, like electrolysis.
    — Jessica Cruel, SELF, 1 June 2017

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