Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Intro part 2 IPEs
Been putting this off all afternoon.
As this study is examining non faradaic processes it is important to use an electrode at which no charge transfer can occur across the electrode - electrolyte interface regardless of the potential applied to the electrode surface. This type of electrode is known as an ideal polarisable electrode. No electrode can actually act as an IPE across an entire potential range in solution but there are some electrode - electrolyte systems that approach ideal polarisability over a restricted potential range. The nearest system approaching an IPE is a mercury electrode in contact with a deaerated potassium chloride solution.
God this was dull as to write and still doesn't make much sense. I think I'll tackle double layers next.
As this study is examining non faradaic processes it is important to use an electrode at which no charge transfer can occur across the electrode - electrolyte interface regardless of the potential applied to the electrode surface. This type of electrode is known as an ideal polarisable electrode. No electrode can actually act as an IPE across an entire potential range in solution but there are some electrode - electrolyte systems that approach ideal polarisability over a restricted potential range. The nearest system approaching an IPE is a mercury electrode in contact with a deaerated potassium chloride solution.
God this was dull as to write and still doesn't make much sense. I think I'll tackle double layers next.
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