Limiting kinetic current

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-006600",
  "term": "Limiting kinetic current",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The plateau value that a kinetic current reaches once the electrode potential is pushed far enough that the charge-transfer step is no longer limiting. At the plateau the current is governed by the speed of the preceding chemical reaction that forms the electroactive substance from a non-electroactive one, not by mass transport or electron transfer. It depends on the rate constant of that reaction and on the concentration of the precursor.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "applied potential",
    "kinetic current"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1985, 57, 1491. 'Recommended terms, symbols, and definitions for electroanalytical chemistry (Recommendations 1985)' on page 1497 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198557101491)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/limiting-kinetic-current/"
}