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Galvanostat

Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-013118

An electronic instrument designed to maintain a constant current through an electrochemical cell, regardless of changes in the cell's resistance. It achieves this by automatically adjusting the applied voltage across the electrodes. This device is commonly used in electroanalytical techniques such as chronopotentiometry and for controlling electroplating processes.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CHM-013118
FieldChemistry
SubjectAnalytical Chemistry
ReferencesPAC, 2020, 92, 641. 'Terminology of Electrochemical Methods of Analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)' on page 653 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2018-0109)
See alsoChronopotentiometric constant; Potentiostat
Record as JSON 
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  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
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