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Title: Electrochemical desorption of hydrogen atoms adsorbed on liquid gallium

Journal Article · · Sov. Electrochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:7004333

Laser-pulse electron photoemission was used to measure absolute values of the rate constants, W/sub 3/, of electrochemical desorption (ECD) of hydrogen atoms from liquid gallium. The W/sub 3/ were shown to be a linear function of hydrogen concentration, in accord with the fact that both hydrogen ions and water molecules are involved in desorption. The components of W/sub 3/ arising from the two reaction channels are exponential functions of electrode potential, and in their order of magnitude (approx. 10/sup 8/ liter/mole x sec and approx. 10/sup 6/ sec/sup -1/) are close to the corresponding constants for mercury and bismuth. In the desorption involving hydrogen ions, the H/D isotope effect decreases from 5 to 3 as the overpotential is raised from 0.75 to 1.15 V. It was suggested that isotope effects which are higher than those found for Hg and Bi electrodes arise from longer proton tunneling distance.

Research Organization:
Institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow (USSR)
OSTI ID:
7004333
Journal Information:
Sov. Electrochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 23:6; Other Information: Translated from Elektrokhimiya; 23: No. 6, 755-760(Jun 1987)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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