Title: anodic stripping voltammetry
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - anodic stripping voltammetry
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.09152
Status: current

Definition
Stripping voltammetry in which material accumulated at the working electrode is electrochemically oxidized in the stripping step.

Notes
1) A peak-shaped anodic stripping voltammogram is obtained. Peak current depends on time of accumulation, mass transport of analyte (stirring), scan rate and mode (linear or pulse), and analyte concentration in solution.
2) A solid electrode (see metal electrode), carbon paste or composite electrode, bismuth film electrode, mercury film electrode, or static mercury drop electrode (see mercury electrode) may be used.

Related Terms
- Stripping voltammetry: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09155
- accumulation: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09150
- carbon paste: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09096
- mercury electrode: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09102
- scan rate: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09146
- voltammogram: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09149

Source
- PAC, 2020, 92, 641. 'Terminology of Electrochemical Methods of Analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)' on page 681 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2018-0109)

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Citation: Citation: 'anodic stripping voltammetry' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.09152
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