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Primary current distribution in the Hull cell and related trapezoidal geometries

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Abbreviations

a, b, A, B :

parameters used to approximate the analytic solution, (see Equations 8, 9 and 10)

i(x)/i avg :

normalized current distribution

(i(x)/i avg)app :

approximation to the normalized current distribution

j:

√(−1)

K 1 ,K 2 ,c, h' :

constants used in the conformal mappings (see Equations 1 and 2 and Fig. 1)

RkΔ :

dimensionless resistance of the cell shown in Fig. 1a

x, y :

(dimensionless) real and imaginary components of the complex coordinatez

z, w, Λ :

coordinate systems used in the conformal mappings (see Fig. 1)

ε(x):

local error in the approximations to the current distributions, defined by Equation 11

θ:

angle, radians (see Fig. 1a)

π:

3.1415926...

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    A. C. West, M. Matlosz & D. Landolt

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West, A.C., Matlosz, M. & Landolt, D. Primary current distribution in the Hull cell and related trapezoidal geometries. J Appl Electrochem 22, 301–303 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01030192

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