Electrodeposition and Growth of Iron from an Ethylene Glycol Solution.

The electrochemical reduction of iron (III) ions into zero-valent iron from a solution of ethylene glycol was accomplished. The kinetics and mechanism of the electroreduction process were investigated by cyclic and linear polarization techniques. The influence of temperature, potential sweep rate, and concentration of iron (III) ions on the electroreduction process was also studied. The observed values of effective activation energy revealed that the investigated electroreduction process is accompanied by mixed kinetics control. Moreover, the results of SEM and X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the deposition of thin Fe films under the optimized conditions.

Investigation of the Electrochemical Reduction Process of the Molybdate Ions in the Tartaric Electrolytes.

The electrochemical reduction of molybdate ions in tartaric electrolyte has been investigated in this work. Kinetics and mechanism of the electrochemical process have been studied by cyclic and linear voltammetric polarization methods. The effect of the temperature, the rate of potential-scanning and the concentration of the molybdate ions on the electrochemical process has been also studied. By estimating the effective activation energy, it was revealed that the electroreduction process is accompanied by mixing kinetics control.