Thermolysis (from thermo- meaning heat and -lysis meaning break down) is a chemical process by which a substance is decomposed into other substances by use of heat.
Ammonium chloride, for example, is decomposed into ammonia and hydrochloric acid when heated. Ammonium chloride or Sal Ammoniac (chemically ammonium chloride (NH4Cl); also zalmiak, sal armagnac, sal armoniac, and salt armoniack) is, in its pure form, a clear white water-soluble crystalline salt with a biting taste. ... Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3. ... The chemical substance hydrochloric acid is the aqueous (water-based) solution of hydrogen chloride (HCl) gas. ...
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Pyrolysis Pyrolysis is formally defined as chemical decomposition of organic materials by heating in the absence of oxygen or any other reagents. ...
Thermolysis was developed in the 1920s and first reported in medical literature by Henri Bordier.
Galvanic and thermolysis are often combined in a method known as blend, developed by Arthur Hinkel in 1948, which uses both RF and direct current, combining many of the advantages of galvanic and thermolysis.
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