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  2. Dental amalgam controversy - Wikipedia

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    Oral galvanism, amalgam disease, or Galvanic shock was a term for the association of oral or systemic symptoms to either: electric currents between metal in dental restorations and electrolytes in saliva or dental pulp. [45] [46] [47] Any existence of galvanic pain or association of either currents or mercury to presence of symptoms has been ...

  3. Galvanic corrosion - Wikipedia

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    Galvanic corrosion (also called bimetallic corrosion or dissimilar metal corrosion) is an electrochemical process in which one metal corrodes preferentially when it is in electrical contact with another, in the presence of an electrolyte.

  4. Amalgam (dentistry) - Wikipedia

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    The American Dental Association (ADA) was founded in its place in 1859, which has since then strongly defended dental amalgam from allegations of being too risky from the health standpoint. [ 9 ] The controversy about amalgam fillings continued throughout the rest of the nineteenth century, with regional dentist societies condemning them, such ...

  5. Galvanism - Wikipedia

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    Galvanism: electrodes touch a frog, and the legs twitch into the upward position [1]. Galvanism is a term invented by the late 18th-century physicist and chemist Alessandro Volta to refer to the generation of electric current by chemical action. [2]

  6. Galvanic series - Wikipedia

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    The galvanic series (or electropotential series) determines the nobility of metals and semi-metals. When two metals are submerged in an electrolyte, while also electrically connected by some external conductor, the less noble (base) will experience galvanic corrosion. The rate of corrosion is determined by the electrolyte, the difference in ...

  7. Electric current - Wikipedia

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    In other media, any stream of charged objects (ions, for example) may constitute an electric current. To provide a definition of current independent of the type of charge carriers, conventional current is defined as moving in the same direction as the positive charge flow. So, in metals where the charge carriers (electrons) are negative ...

  8. Direct current - Wikipedia

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    Direct current may flow through a conductor such as a wire, but can also flow through semiconductors, insulators, or even through a vacuum as in electron or ion beams. The electric current flows in a constant direction, distinguishing it from alternating current (AC). A term formerly used for this type of current was galvanic current. [1]

  9. Galvanic - Wikipedia

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    Galvanic (after Luigi Galvani) may refer to: Galvanic anode; Galvanic bath; Galvanic cell; Galvanic corrosion; Galvanic current; Galvanic isolation; Galvanic potential; Galvanic series; Galvanic skin response; Galvanic vestibular stimulation; Galvanism; Galvanization; Operation Galvanic, World War II attack which included the Battle of Tarawa