title: The origin of electrochemical nomenclature.
abstract: This article is about the origin and development of certain words that are important in the vocabulary of all physicians and scientists. The words that make up the electrochemical nomenclature were created in 1833 by Michael Faraday and several of his friends. Terms such as electrolyte, ion, and electrode were invented in a fashion that ignored theory but fitted the experimental facts of the laboratory. This nomenclature, derived from Greek, was so accurate and functional that is has been completely incorporated into modern chemistry, a fact that seems remarkable since the structure of the atom was completely unknown at the time. To fully develop the etymology of these words, the life of Faraday is summarized and the deliberations of the men involved are reviewed.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Giddens
mesh_terms: D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000266:history*; D004739:England; D049672:History, 19th Century; D009626:Terminology as Topic