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Determination of the Adsorption of Ethylene on Platinum Electrodes using a Radiotracer Method

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THERE has been a recent surge of interest in the mechanism of the electrochemical oxidation of hydrocarbons. Important to any determination of mechanism is a knowledge of the fractional surface coverage of reaction species. This communication deals with the adsorption of ethylene labelled with carbon-14 at the platinum-electrolyte interface as a function of potential and time.

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DAHMS, H., GREEN, M. & WEBER, J. Determination of the Adsorption of Ethylene on Platinum Electrodes using a Radiotracer Method. Nature 196, 1310–1311 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1961310a0

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