Kinetic Study of the Zinc Electrode by Modified Pulse Techniques and Concentration Gradients.

Abstract

The method of studying the zinc electrode with zinc reference electrodes at top and bottom of the electrode has given much insight to the differences in reaction products and rates taking place over the surface. It appears that the concentration gradient is developed in the surface layer and this is where the problem of eroding away the top of the electrode must be attacked. The products formed at the zinc surface appear to be zinc hydrated complexes of the type Zn(H2O)x(OH)y where (x)may 1 to 6 and(y) may be 1 to 5. As an additional check on the reaction products formed electrochemically a polarographic study, differential thermal analysis and a method of checking the double layer capacitance was carried out. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0847223

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  • Paul L. Howard

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  • Capacitance
  • Differential Thermal Analysis
  • Electrodes
  • Isotherms
  • Physics
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Thermal Analysis
  • Thermodynamics

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