Determination of electrochemical kinetic parameters from the measurement of faradaic impedance during the growth of the dropping mercury electrode

The electrochemical kinetic parameters of the V(II)/V(III) couple in HBr solutions of different concentrations were determined from the measurement of faradaic impedance as a function of time during the growth of the dropping mercury electrode. The same method of analysis was applied to the study of the effect of uncharged surfactants on the electrode reaction of Cd(II) in 1 M NaNO₃ solutions. The rate constant of the vanadium system decreased with increasing concentration of HBr; this change of the rate constant was discussed in terms of the Frumkin double-layer effect. The relationship between the rate constant of Cd(II) and coverage of the surfactants was not linear, and followed the equation based upon Parsons' model of the blocking effect. The conditional rate constant of Cd(II) in the absence of surfactants was determined to be 0.6–1.1 cm s^?1 from the dependence of the rate constant on the coverage.