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current efficiency

[′kər·ənt i‚fish·ən·sē]
(physical chemistry)
The ratio of the amount of electricity, in coulombs, theoretically required to yield a given quantity of material in an electrochemical process, to the amount actually consumed.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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