The Effects of Adsorbed Ions on Simple Electrode Reactions. II. The Reduction Of Chromium(III) Ion in The Presence of TolueneP-Sulfonate Anions

Abstract

The kinetics of electroreduction of Cr3+ ion have been studied at a mercury electrode both in the absence and in the presence of chemisorbed toluene p-sulfonate ions. The rate of the reaction was considerably accelerated in the presence of the chemisorbed anions. Analysis of the data has shown that the reaction acceleration can be accounted for on the basis of Frumkin's theory for double layer effects suggesting that the reaction site is at the outer Helmholtz plane or close to it in the diffuse layer.