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List of symbols and abbreviations 1)

Symbols

Definitions

A
AN
a
aq

electrode surface area

acetonitrile
activity
aqueous

Bu

butyl

C
CE
c
c#

capacitance
counterelectrode
concentration
standard unit concentration mol l1

diffusion coefficient

E
EA
EH, ESHE
ENCE
Epzc
ESCE
E0
E00

electrode potential
activation energy
electrode potential vs. standard hydrogen electrode
electrode potential vs. normal calomel electrode
electrode potential of zero charge
electrode potential vs. saturated calomel electrode
electrode potential at rest (i.e. I = 0 mA cm2)
standard electrode potential

E0

electrode potential where the conditional rate constant k c0 is determined

E
EDTA
Et
en

difference of electrode potentials, e.g. peak potentials

ethylenediamine tetraacetate
ethanol, ethyl
ethylenediamine

F
F
FeC
f

Faraday constant (96464 C mol1)

fugacity; [F] = [M]
Ferrocene/ferrocinium (reference electrode)
activity coefficient (also in use: )

I
Ia
Ic

current
anodic current
cathodic current

j
ja
jc
j0
j00

current density
anodic current density
cathodic current density
exchange current density
standard exchange current density

kapp
k0, ksh

rate constant at a selected electrode potential different from the rest potential
rate constant of an electrode reaction

k c0

conditional rate constant

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Symbols

Definitions

M
Me
m

molarity (number of moles dissolved per liter (dm3) of solution)

methyl
molality (number of moles dissolved per kilogram of solution)

N
NCE
n.a.
n
[n-Bu4N][PF6]

normal concentration unit

normal calomel electrode (see also: ENCE)
not available, information not provided in the original report
number of electrons transferred in the cell or electrode reaction
tetra-n-butylammonium hexafluorophosphate

Ph

phenyl

charge

Rct
RE
RT

charge transfer resistance

reference electrode
room temperature

SCE
sat.
sol.

standard calomel electrode

saturated (solution)
solid (state)

T
TEAC
TEAH
TEAP

temperature (in units of C or K)

tetraethylammonium perchlorate
tetraethylammonium hexafluorophosphate
tetraethylammonium phosphate

U, UT
U0

cell voltage U at temperature T in K when not stated otherwise

cell voltage at rest (i.e. I = 0 mA cm2) and at standard temperature or some other
defined reference temperature

rate (velocity) of reaction

mole fraction, atom fraction

number of electrons transferred in an electrochemical reaction step

charge transfer coefficient

overpotential

coverage (relative units 0 < < 1)

stochiometric coefficient

indicates a phase boundary between a solid and a liquid phase

indicates a phase boundaries between two liquid phases established by e.g. a porous
diaphragm

symbol indicating hydrate composition

) For a compilation of symbols in electrochemistry see [74Par], symbols, abbreviations and acronyms
used only infrequently are defined at their place of use or in an associated footnote.

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List of abbreviations of methods

Abbreviation

Method

ACP
AE

alternating current polarography

acousto-electrochemical method

BAW

bulk acoustic wave method

C
CA
CC
CCS
CD
CF
CH
CM
CO
CP
CPS
CS
CT
CV

chronocoulometry
contact angle method
corrosion current method
cyclic current step method
circular dichroic spectroelectrochemical method
controlled hydrodynamic convection
chronopotentiometry
chronocoulometric method
CO charge displacement method
current-potential curves
cyclic potential step method
coulostatic method
cathode overpotential method
cyclic voltammetry

DCP
DCVA
DE
DME
DR

direct current polarography

derivative cyclic voltabsorptometry
desorption potential
dropping mercury electrode
double layer repulsion method

EB
EC
ED
EE
EL
ER

film electrode bending method

electrocapillary method
electrode displacement method
theory of electron emission
ellipsometric method
electroreduction of ions

F
FD
FL
FR

friction method
Faradaic distortion method
flow measurement
Faradaic rectification

G
GCI
GD
GM
GS

gravimetric method
galvanostatically controlled current interruption
galvanostatic double pulse method
galvanostatic method
galvanostatic single pulse method

hardness measurement

IA
IM
IP
IR

ionic adsorption method

immersion method
impedance method
infrared spectroscopic method

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Abbreviation

Method

ISS

isoelectronic shift of potential

MP

mixed potential method

NS

null solution method

OA
OC
OP
OCS

organic adsorption method

open-circuit method
oscillographic polarography
oscillographically observed current interruption

P
PC
PE
POL
PP
PS

photoemission method
electrode capacitance measured with a pulse method
piezoelectric method
miscellaneous polarographic methods
pulse polarography
potential step method

R
RDE
RT

surface stress measurement (ribbon extension method)

rotating disc electrode
radiotracer technique

S
SFG
SO
SS

scratching or streaming electrode method

sum frequency generation
salting out method
stirred solution

T
TC

tensammetry
modified charge determination method

VE
VIB

vibrating electrode method

vibrational spectroscopic method

TLV
TPF

thin-layer voltammetry
turbulent pipe flow

WL

weight loss method

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References
74Par

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Parsons, R.: Pure Appl. Chem. 37 (1974) 499.