St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, Vatican, seen through the Balustrade atop the Basilica. Photo by Elisabetta Villa/Getty Images News/Getty Images. Definition: A balustrade is a row of repeating balusters-small posts that support the upper rail of a railing.Staircases and porches often have balustrades. balustrade is a row of repeating balusters-small posts that support the upper rail of a railing.
dissociation, in chemistry, separation of a substance into atoms or ions. Thermal dissociation occurs at high temperatures. For example, hydrogen molecules (H. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright Â© 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
It is usually indicated by the Greek symbol Î±. More accurately, degree of dissociation refers to the amount of solute dissociated into ions or radicals per mole. In case of very strong acids and bases, degree of dissociation will be close to 1. Less powerful acids and bases will have lesser degree of dissociation.