DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS OF FERRICYANIDE AND FERROCYANIDE IONS IN AQUEOUS MEDIA, USING TWIN-ELECTRODE THIN-LAYER ELECTROCHEMISTRY
DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS OF FERRICYANIDE AND FERROCYANIDE IONS IN AQUEOUS MEDIA, USING TWIN-ELECTRODE THIN-LAYER ELECTROCHEMISTRY
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DOI:
10.1021/ac50160a042
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发表时间:
1970-01-01
影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
MCDUFFIE, B
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作者:
KONOPKA, SJ;MCDUFFIE, B
The diffusion coefficients, D0 and Dr, of the species ferri-and ferrocyanide, respectively, in aqueous KCI media were determined by twin-electrode thin-layer electrochemistry using a micrometer-type thin-layer cell. The values obtained for D0 and DR at 25 C in LOOM KCI were 0.726 (±0.011) Xiq-5 and 0.667 (±0.014) X 10-5 cmVsec, respectively, covering a concentration range from 0.61 to 6.36 mM in total electroactive species. Identical values within experimental uncertainty were found in 0.10 M KCI medium. Criteria for the reliability of this absolute method for measuring the D values of a soluble, stable redox pair are presented, and com-parisons of D values with those obtained by other workers are made.Various methods have been devised for determining the diffusion coefficients (D values) of species in solution, such as the use of the calibrated diaphragm cell (1-3), radiochemical tracers (4, 5), electrical conductance (6), and optical methods (7). For electroactive species in an excess of supporting electrolyte, electrochemical methods often have been used. Such methods, for the most part relative methods requiring calibration with a substance of knownD value, have in-cluded Cottrell-type (8-13), chronopotentiometric (12, 14, 15), and rotating disk (16) measurements at platinum electrodes, and polarographic measurements at the dropping mercury electrode (11, 17). Results by these electrochemical methods may differ from one another by 10-20%(13, 77). Macero and Rulfs (13) have attributed these differences largely to uncertainties in the effective electrode area and to the necessity for using a suitable reference ion. Thin-layer steady-state methods are characterized by mathe-matical simplicity and relative freedom from time-dependent