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<term>
  <id>03530</id>
  <title>limiting catalytic current</title>
  <longtitle>IUPAC Gold Book - limiting catalytic current</longtitle>
  <doi>10.1351/goldbook.L03530</doi>
  <code>L03530</code>
  <status>current</status>
  <definitions>
    <item>
      <id>1</id>
      <text>The potential-independent value that is approached by a catalytic current as the rate of the charge-transfer process is increased by varying the applied potential.</text>
      <links>
        <item>
          <term>applied potential</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/A00424</url>
        </item>
        <item>
          <term>catalytic current</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C00889</url>
        </item>
      </links>
      <sources>
        <item>PAC, 1985, 57, 1491. 'Recommended terms, symbols, and definitions for electroanalytical chemistry (Recommendations 1985)' on page 1495 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198557101491)</item>
      </sources>
    </item>
  </definitions>
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  <citation>Citation: 'limiting catalytic 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.L03530</citation>
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  <accessed>2026-04-18T11:07:19+00:00</accessed>
</term>
