cathodic

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However, at the time, the researchers were prevented from reaching higher voltages by something called "cathodic challenge".

From BBC

The citation found violations of state and federal requirements in the gas company’s cathodic protection systems, which are designed to prevent external corrosion by applying an electric current to underground steel pipelines.

From Los Angeles Times

International industry rules call for operators to consider tools to detect corrosion in pipelines, leak detection equipment and so-called cathodic protection in environments where corrosion is a risk.

From BBC

The caustic liquor, usually run to waste from the cathodic compartment, could be delivered into a feed box from which it would be drawn off by the water injector used for dissolving the chlorine gas.

From Project Gutenberg

Repulsion of two Cathode Streams.—Goldstein discovered that if in a tube there are two cathodes connected together, the cathodic rays from one cathode are deflected when they pass near the other.

From Project Gutenberg