Electrode Potentials of Carbon in Acid Electrolytes
- 1 January 1947
- journal article
- Published by The Electrochemical Society in Transactions of The Electrochemical Society
- Vol. 92 (1) , 411-426
- https://doi.org/10.1149/1.3071830
Abstract
When carbon is exposed to oxygen in the presence of acid, it develops oxidizing characteristics measurable as potential or as capacity to oxidize reducing agents such as ferrous iron. Sorption of both acid and oxygen is essential to the development of oxidizing properties. Quantitative correlations of active oxygen and potential with acid sorption are given for several carbons, and the results of miscellaneous experiments indicating a possible chemical mechanism for the formation of active surface complexes on carbon are presented.Keywords
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