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RefNoPP/22/7
Previous numbersPP/54/8
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Polarisation of platinum electrodes in sulphuric acid' by James B Henderson
CreatorHenderson; James B (fl 1893)
Date1893
DescriptionHenderson writes: 'This investigation was begun about the beginning of February, 1893, at the instigation of Lord Kelvin, and was conducted in the Physical Laboratory of Glasgow University. The object of the investigation was to obtain the difference of potential between two platinum electrodes immersed in a solution of sulphuric acid immediately after the stoppage of a current which had been electrolysing the solution, and to find how this difference varied with a variation in the intensity of the current or in the strength of the solution. Former experiments by Buff (‘Poggendorff,’ vol. 130, p. 341, 1867) and Fromme (‘Wiedemann,’ vol. 33, p. 80, 1888) have given for the maximum polarisation with platinum wires of very small surface in the electrolysis of dilute sulphuric acid 3'5 and 4.6 volts.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Chemistry / Physics

Received 10 June 1893. Read 15 June 1893. Communicated by Lord Kelvin [William Thomson].

A version of this paper was published in volume 54 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Polarisation of platinum electrodes in sulphuric acid'.
Extent13p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1893.0054
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; physicist1824 - 1907
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