ISSN:
1572-8838
Keywords:
antimony electrode
;
microelectrode
;
local pH
;
electrodeposition
;
buffer action
;
diffusion layer
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
Abstract An antimony microelectrode was prepared by quenching a molten Sb–Sb2O3 mixture (2% Sb2O3). The local pH in the vicinity of a cathode evolving hydrogen gas was directly measured using the microelectrode. The local pH during electrolysis of KCl-glycine aqueous solutions was increased by proton consumption; however, the increment decreased with increasing concentrations of glycine, a buffering agent. The diffusion-limiting current density of hydrogen evolution involving proton reduction was controlled by the concentrations of the proton-donating species: protonated-glycine +H3NCH2COOH and H3O+ ions. A plot of the current density against the sum of the concentrations gives a single straight line passing through the origin. The phenomena are discussed in terms of electrodeposition processes of base metals.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1003254219905
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