potentiostaticadj.
/pəˌtɛnʃɪə(ʊ)ˈstatɪk/, U.S. /pəˌtɛn(t)ʃioʊˈstædɪk/ Of, relating to, or employing a potentiostat. Also: performed with the potential difference held constant; cf. potentiodynamic adj.
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long-handled1800
Soxhlet1889
stalagmometric1910
potentiostatic1955
1955 Chem. Abstr. 49 5166 The potentiostatic method was compared with other methods.
1961 Trans. Symposium Electrode Processes (U.S. Electrochem. Soc.) 164 An attempt was made to develop apparatus in which potentiostatic conditions could be achieved in a time short enough to study the growth and decay of metal monolayers at constant potential.
1975 Nature 27 Mar. 322/2 Specimens held under potentiostatic control in the electrolyte were subjected to square wave strains in the range ±0·02 to ±0·05 at strain rates of ∼0·30 s−1.
1991 NeuroReport 2 233/2 Voltametric measurements were performed on unrestrained awake animals using a PRG5 polarograph..and a classical three-electrode potentiostatic system.
Derivatives
potentioˈstatically adv. by means of a potentiostat.
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potentiostatically1961
1961 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 65 1363/2 A potentiostatically determined potential–current density diagram.
1976 Nature 19 Aug. 681/1 Anodisation could be accomplished both galvanostatically and potentiostatically.
1991 Bioelectrochem. & Bioenergetics 25 425 The electron transfer..was tested by NADH formation in potentiostatically controlled electrochemical cells.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1955