INVESTIGATIONS OF THE KINETICS OF HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN REACTIONS ON A PLATINUM ELECTRODE IN ACID SOLUTION USING PULSE AND DECAY TECHNIQUES.
Abstract
The influence of hydrogen partial pressure, current density, and temperature on the anodic oxidation of sorbed H and the anodic generation of sorbed O were determined. Electrode processes were evaluated and separated to give the following quantities: (a) the amount of H associated with a Pt surface and its immediate vicinity, (b) the extent to reaction of H atoms, absorbed in the metal interior, that migrate to the surface of the metal and are either ionized or react with O atoms, (c) the extent of reaction of H2 from the solution phase, (d) the amount of O adsorbed on the Pt surface, and (e) the amount of O absorbed in the Pt surface layers (skin). The kinetics of the open-circuit reaction of galvanostatically determined amounts of sorbed O with H2 were also determined.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 04, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0613654
Entities
People
- S. Schuldiner
- T. B. Warner
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory