Electrical Measurements
1,000 Watts
What is Kilowatt
The application of light rays to the skin for the treatment of wrinkles, capillaries, pigmentation, or hair removal
What is Light Therapy?
A form of anaphoresis; process used to soften and emulsify grease deposits and blackheads in the hair follicles
What is Desincrustation?
Prevents excessive current from passing through a circuit
What is fuse?
The path of negative and positive electric currents moving from the generating source through the conductors and back to the generating source
What is Complete Electric Circuit?
Unit that measures the pressure or force that pushes electric current forward through a conductor
What is Volt?
Name given to all of the forms of energy (or radiation) that exist
What is Electromagnetic Spectrum?
Process of infusing an alkaline product into the tissues from the negative pole toward the positive pole
What is Anaphoresis?
Replaced fuses in modern electric circuits
What is Circuit Breaker?
Apparatus that changes direct current to alternating current
What is Inverter?
Unit that measures the strength of an electric current
What is Ampere?
Has the longest wavelength of the UV light spectrum and penetrates directly into the dermis of the skin
What is UVA
Constant and direct current, having a positive and negative pole, that produces chemical changes when it passes through the tissues and fluids of the body
What is Galvanic Current?
Certifies the safety of electrical appliances
What is UL?
Currents used in electrical facial and scalp treatments
What is Modalities?
Unit that measures the resistance of an electric current
What is Ohm?
Most associated with sunburns
What is UVB
Completes an electrical circuit and carries the current safely away
What is Grounding?
Apparatus that changes alternating current to direct current
What is Rectifier?
The current used for facial and scalp treatments is measured in _______
What is Milliamperes?
Blocked by the ozone layer
What is UVC
Process of fusing an acidic product into deeper tissue using galvanic current from the positive pole toward the negative pole
What is Cataphoresis?
Designed to protect from electrical shock by interrupting a household circuit when there is a leak in the circuit
What is Ground Fault Interrupter (GFI)?
What does UL stand for?
What is Underwriters Laboratories?