limiting current

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The limiting value of a @[email protected] that is approached as the rate of the charge-transfer process is increased by varying the potential. It is independent of the @[email protected] over a finite range, and is usually evaluated by subtracting the appropriate @[email protected] from the measured total current. A limiting current may have the character of an @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], or @[email protected], and may include a @[email protected]
Sources:
PAC, 1974, 37, 499. (Electrochemical nomenclature) on page 513 [Terms] [Paper]
PAC, 1985, 57, 1491. (Recommended terms, symbols, and definitions for electroanalytical chemistry (Recommendations 1985)) on page 1497 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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