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The behaviour of tungsten electrodes in a mixture of acetic acid and acetic anhydride

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Tungsten electrodes have advantageously been used for potentiometric end-point detection in perchloric acid titration of bases in a mixture of acetic acid and acetic anhydride. They have also given good results in biamperometric detection of the equivalence point in continuous coulometric titration of small quantities of bases and acids in the same solvent. Tungsten electrodes in the presence of quinhydrone behave like platinum electrodes, but in biamperometric end-point determination in the absence of quinhydrone it is better to remove the oxide layer from their surface. Some other factors affecting their behaviour have also been studied. Errors in determination do not exceed ±2% even in titration of very small quantities of substances.

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Wolframelektroden wurden mit Erfolg zur potentiometrischen End-punktbestimmung bei der Perchlorsäuretitration von Basen in einer Mischung von Essigsäure und Essigsäureanhydrid verwendet. Ebenso führte die Verwendung solcher Elektroden zu guten Ergebnissen bei der biamperometrischen Äquivalenzpunktbestimmung durch kontinuierliche Coulometrie kleiner Mengen Base und Säure in dem gleichen Lösungsmittel. Wolframelektroden in Chinhydron verhalten sich wie Platinelektroden, aber bei der biamperometrischen Endpunktbestimmung in Abwesenheit von Chinhydron ist es besser, die Oxidschichte von ihrer Oberfläche zu entfernen. Auch einige andere, ihr Verhalten beeinflussende Umstände wurden untersucht. Titrationsfehler bei sehr kleinen Substanzmengen liegen innerhalb ±2%.

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Pastor, T.J., Vajgand, V.J. The behaviour of tungsten electrodes in a mixture of acetic acid and acetic anhydride. Mikrochim Acta 66, 85–94 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01257098

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