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THE cathodic reduction of oxygen has been studied1 in connexion with corrosion and air-depolarized galvanic cells; but so far no use seems to have been made of this process in gas analysis. I have experimented with cathodes half-immersed in the electrolyte under nitrogen and hydrogen and, with suitably designed cells, have found that otherwise difficultly detectable traces of oxygen in the gas phase, such as 10−6 c.c./c.c, were capable of giving substantial and easily measurable currents.
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HERSCH, P. Galvanic Determination of Traces of Oxygen in Gases. Nature 169, 792–793 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169792b0
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