Reference electrodes

<body background="../_themes/indust/indtextb.jpg" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" text="#000000" link="#3366CC" vlink="#666666" alink="#990000"><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica"> <p> </p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial Black" color="#CC0000">Reference Electrodes</font></p> <p>A reference electrode is used in measuring the working electrode potential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>A reference electrode should have a constant electrochemical potential as long as no current flows through it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>The most common laboratory reference electrodes are the Saturated Calomel Electrode (SCE) and the <a href="../MatSelect/corrsilver.htm">Silver</a>/Silver Chloride (Ag/AgCl) electrodes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>In field probes, a pseudo-reference (a piece of the working electrode material) can be used ... and much more!!</p> <p>If you are viewing this text, your browser lacks the ability to read frames. Don't worry, you can still enjoy our site. All the pages can be viewed from contents page. Please come inside!</p> <p><a href="frconten.htm">Module Contents</a></p> </font></body>