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Sintered plate Cd electrodes have been studied in alkaline solutions using potentiostatic and galvanostatic techniques. The behaviour is, in many ways, similar to that of a flat Cd electrode. A pseudo steady-state current is found due to the dissolution of Cd as Cd(OH)2−4. At more anodic potentials passivation occurs due to the solid state formation of Cd(OH)2. This model can account for the results obtained on galvanostatic discharge.
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Armstrong, R.D., Sperrin, A.D., Tye, F.L. et al. The mechanism of discharge of sintered plate cadmium electrodes. J Appl Electrochem 2, 265–273 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00615273
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