Current-potential curves, quantitative behavior

This section will explore the quantitative behavior of current-potential curves (voltammetry) and steady-state current measurements in flowing solution prior to considering liquid chromatographic assays. A similar examination of quiet solutions is reserved for the section on in vivo measurements. (In this and all subsequent voltammetry discussions, only oxidation reactions are treated, not because reductions are unimportant, but because there are to date few, if any, neurochemical applications.)... 

The method of overlaying digitally calculated i-E curves with experimental ones is frequently used as a verification of the proposed mechanism for the reaction involved.. In order to use the simulated data diagnostically, the behavior of a certain mechanism must be calculated over a wider range of conditions. In the course of these simulations one finds which parameters are most useful and then quantitates their dependence on changes in such variables as rate constants, scan rates, and concentration ratio. In this section we will first display the dependence of the peak current and peak potential on the two rate constants, k and kg Then... 

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