Title: partial anodic current
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - partial anodic current
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.P04407
Status: current

Definition
When a single electrochemical reaction occurs at an electrode (i.e. all other electrochemical reactions may be neglected): \[I=I_{\rm{a}}+I_{\rm{c}}\] where \(I\) is the total current, \(I_{\rm{a}}\) is the positive partial anodic current and \(I_{\rm{c}}\) is the negative partial cathodic current. When more than one reaction is significant the reactions may be numbered and the numbers used as subscripts: \(I_{\rm{1,a}}\), \(I_{\rm{1,c}}\), \(I_{\rm{2,a}}\), etc. Then: \[I=\sum I_{i,\rm{a}}+\sum I_{i,\rm{c}}\]

Source
- PAC, 1974, 37, 499. 'Electrochemical nomenclature' on page 512 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac197437040499)

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Citation: Citation: 'partial anodic 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.P04407
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