The role of temperature in oxalic acid electroreduction

✍ Scribed by K. Scott

• Book ID: 103062554
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 758 KB
• Volume: 37
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0013-4686
• DOI: 10.1016/0013-4686(92)87011-n

✦ Synopsis

The importance of temperature on the synthesis of glyoxyhc acid from the electroreduction of oxalic acid IS discussed The synthesis involves an E,, C, E mechanism m whch adsorption plays a crucial part m the first electrochemical step [EJ and m which temperature IS important m the chemical step (C,) Expenmental polanzatlon data are used to obtain a model of the kmetically controlled redution of glyoxyhc acid This model enables the effect of temperature and current density to be pre&ted durmg both batch and contmuous electrosynthesls Notably, the occurrence of eqmhbnum concentrations of glyoxyhc acid under a range of operatmg conditions IS an important feature