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Amperometry

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The term “amperometry” describes an electroanalytical technique which is based on a constant polarization voltage ranging within the plateau of the diffusion limited current [1, 2] according to Fig. 1. According to the comparison given by Delehay et al. [3], amperometry can be distinguished easily from voltammetry by the quantity being controlled (electrode potential E and concentration c, respectively) and the quantity being measured (electrode current I = f(c) and I = f(E), respectively). The electrode potential E of an amperometric measuring electrode has to be fixed within the diffusion limited current plateau in the voltammogram I = f(E).

Amperometry, Fig. 1
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Schematic drawing of voltammograms at different concentrations c 1 … c 3 with diffusion limited current plateaus, symbols according to Eq. 1

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Zosel, J. (2014). Amperometry. In: Kreysa, G., Ota, Ki., Savinell, R.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Applied Electrochemistry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6996-5_216

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