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Stripping voltammetry involves the pre-concentration of the analyte species at the electrode surface prior to the voltannnetric scan. The pre-concentration step is carried out under fixed potential control for a predetennined time, where the species of interest is accumulated at the surface of the working electrode at a rate dependent on the applied potential. The detemiination step leads to a current peak, the height and area of which is proportional to the concentration of the accumulated species and hence to the concentration in the bulk solution. The stripping step can involve a variety of potential wavefomis, from linear-potential scan to differential pulse or square-wave scan. Different types of stripping voltaimnetries exist, all of which coimnonly use mercury electrodes (dropping mercury electrodes (DMEs) or mercury film electrodes) [7, 17]. 

Anodic-stripping voltaimnetry (ASV) is used for the analysis of cations in solution, particularly to detemiine trace heavy metals. It involves pre-concentrating the metals at the electrode surface by reducmg the dissolved metal species in the sample to the zero oxidation state, where they tend to fomi amalgams with Hg. Subsequently, the potential is swept anodically resulting in the dissolution of tire metal species back into solution at their respective fomial potential values. The detemiination step often utilizes a square-wave scan (SWASV), since it increases the rapidity of tlie analysis, avoiding interference from oxygen in solution, and improves the sensitivity. This teclmique has been shown to enable the simultaneous detemiination of four to six trace metals at concentrations down to fractional parts per billion and has found widespread use in seawater analysis. 

Expensive and complex instrumentation. Moderate to poor sensitivity with continuous wave (scanning) instruments, but greatly enhanced by Fourier transform instruments. Limited range of solvents for studying proton spectra unless they are deuterated. 

Fig. 7.30 Comparison between /EE,Q (solid, lines) and /EE,Q (dotted lines) currents for a cyclic square wave scan in spherical electrodes of radius (a) rs = 1CT3 cm, (b) rs = 5 x 1CT4 cm, and in a...

In addition to the effect of the amount of fiber content also a dependence on the type of the used fiber can be observed in a different example (Fig. 8, [26]). In this investigation it was possible to carry out the wave-scan measurements directly on the unpainted surfaces. 

To characterize the overall appearance of a coating system mainly two different techniques are used in the automotive and paint industry. The mechanical profilometry yields a detailed information of the topography so that substrate influences and other effects on the final coating appearance can be described. These methods, in the past mainly used for coated steel substrates, were demonstrated showing typical examples of coatings for plastics. The optical method (wave-scan) yielded similar results. 

Figure 16.9 Possible sensor configurations for composites SHM. (a) Local detection with piezo sensors [18] (b) local detection with optical fiber sensors [11] (c) sparse array of piezosensors guided-waves tomography for remote detection [19] (d) phased arrays of piezo sensors for remote guided-waves scanning.

Van den Brink et al. when using vacuum-deposited layers of FePc have found that when examining the catalytic activity of these layers the first reduction wave scan was very different from subsequent scans, indicating that some reorganization of the deposited layers took place since this phenomenon is not observed on adsorbed layers of FePc. The effect of irreversible changes of FePc when treated under potential load with oxygen is only observed using vacuum-deposited multilayers" ". 

Figure 3 Voltammetric scan of dissolved Cu in seawater. 8-Hydroxyquinoline (O.ISmmoll" ) was used as the ACSV ligand and HEPES (lOmmoll" ) as pH buffer (pH 7.8). Voltammetric conditions were 20s deposition at -1 V, 8 s equilibration at - 0.25 V and 200 Hz square wave scan toward more negative potentials. Scan I is for a seawater sample, and scan II is for the sample plus standard addition (5nmoll , final concentration).

Catalyst stability can also be measured with a half-cell by using either a potential square wave scan or CV cycling. In a typical experiment, before durability testing, the EPS A and ORR mass activity are measured using the same procedure described above. Then, potential square wave scans are performed,... 

Beause of simpUdty of (he PPES method, shown in Figures 15 and 16, sad high sensitivity, this method has already been applied in various fields such as theraaal wave scanning microscopy [28], thermal diffiisivity measurement 29, phase-transitkM diase study [30], and so oa. In all cases the pyroelectric device for ea design uses PVDF film. 

Ries, J. SchwiUe, P. Studying slow membrane dynamics with continuous wave scanning fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Biophys. J. 2006, 91, 1915-1924. 

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