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Fig. 4. A hydrodynamic voltammogram of an oxidizable analyte (A). The half-wave potential of the analyte ( 7/2) is the potential where the current is one half of the maximum current. Background current (B) results from the oxidation or reduction of the mobile phase. The Y-axis represents current (/), usually as micro- or nanoamps, while the X-axis represents potential in volts (-1-E is positive electrode potential)...

In the experimental system, the capillary is filled with electrolyte with each end open to a separate reservoir of electrolyte. When a voltage is applied, an electric current is established in which electrolyte anions migrate toward the positive electrode (anode) and electrolyte cations move in the opposite direction. After sample injection, sample anions are separated by differences in their electrophoretic migration rates to the detector at the anodic end of the capillary. Although the sample anions migrate against a counter flow of electrolyte cations, interaction between the cations and anions is minimal in conventional CE where the background electrolyte typically contains a fairly low concentration of sodium or ammonium cations. 

Positive ions are obtained from a sample by placing it in contact with the filament, which can be done by directing a gas or vapor over the hot filament but usually the sample is placed directly onto a cold filament, which is then inserted into the instrument and heated. The positive ions are accelerated from the filament by a negative electrode and then passed into a mass analyzer, where their m/z values are measured (Figure 7.1). The use of a suppressor grid in the ion source assembly reduces background ion effects to a very low level. Many types of mass analyzer could be used, but since very high resolutions are normally not needed and the masses involved are quite low, the mass analyzer can be a simple quadrupole. 

If the potentials of the FDH-interfaced electrode are controlled to be more positive than the redox potential of PQQ (0.06 V), it is expected that the reduced form of FDH (FDH-PQQH2) will reoxidize to the active oxidized form (FDH-PQQ) by transferring two electrons to the electrode thus a continuous flow of anodic current is observed upon the addition of fructose. At a lower potential such as 0.1 V the background current was cathodic and magnitude was very high as the rest potential of the electrode is around 0.35 V. To make... 

Initially, at potentials between -0.25 and about +0.1 V, a rather low current is recorded due to double-layer charging. Later, when the potential is sufficiently positive to oxidized [Fe(CN)g]" to [Fe(CN)g] , the anodic current increases rapidly until the concentration of [Fe(CN)g]" at the electrode surface is substantially diminished. Then, the (anodic) current increases dramatically until a maximum value is reached, thus defining a (anodic) voltammetric peak with the peak potential pa and the peak current fpa. The correct peak current must be measured in relation to the background current, which can be extrapolated from the starting region. After the peak, the current decreases slowly as the electrode is depleted of [Fe(CN)g] due to its electrochemical conversion into [Fe(CN)g] . When the (anodic) switching potential Ex is attained, the potential scan reverses its direction. In the subsequent cathodic scan, a similar cathodic peak is measured, defining a cathodic peak potential pc and a cathodic peak current Then, the current reaches a maximum and subsequently decays. 

Fig. 6.71. The jellium model of the metal electrode. The positive background charge abruptly disappears at the jellium edge while spillover electrons can be found beyond the edge (shaded area). The continuous line represents the profile of electrons in the interfacial region. The positions of the ion cores are indicated by the arrows.

Fig. 46. Ionic pattern in two-dimensional electrophoresis cascade electrodes, 6 volts/cm, Veronal-Veronalate buffer, n = 0.022 and pH 8.6, 4 hours. The background buffer flow is fed with lithium buffer, the positive cascade electrode with a sodium buffer, and the negative cascade electrode with a potassium buffer. After the run, sodium, lithium, potassium, Veronal, and conductivity are determined over the entire field. Sodium and lithium migrate toward the cathode. Potassium does not leave the cathode. The total number of cations increases from top to bottom and there is also a para-anodic zone of salt concentration. Veronal and conductivity follow the same outline ( P7).

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