{"term":{"id":"03529","title":"limiting adsorption current","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - limiting adsorption current","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.L03529","code":"L03529","status":"current","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"The potential-independent value that is approached by an adsorption current as the rate of reduction or oxidation of the electroactive substance is increased by varying the applied potential. The terms adsorption current and limiting adsorption current should not be applied to faradaic currents that have been increased or decreased by adding a non-electroactive surfactant to a solution containing an electroactive substance, nor to apparent waves resulting from the effect of adsorption or desorption on double-layer currents.","links":[{"term":"adsorption","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/A00155"},{"term":"adsorption current","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/A00159"},{"term":"applied potential","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/A00424"},{"term":"desorption","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/D01620"},{"term":"double-layer currents","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/D01847"},{"term":"electroactive substance","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/E01940"},{"term":"faradaic currents","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/F02321"},{"term":"oxidation","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/O04362"},{"term":"surfactant","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/S06194"}],"sources":["PAC, 1985, 57, 1491. 'Recommended terms, symbols, and definitions for electroanalytical chemistry (Recommendations 1985)' on page 1494 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/pac198557101491)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/L03529\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/L03529\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/L03529\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'limiting adsorption current' 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.L03529","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-04-18T11:07:38+00:00"}}