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The Potentiostat

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Modern polarographic instrumentation evolved from electrically equivalent circuits, and each essentially has within its electronic circuit a potentiostat to control cell potential. Inclusion of the third electrode permitted the maintenance of any desired control potential.

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Riggs, O.L., Locke, C.E., Hamner, N.E. (1981). The Potentiostat. In: Anodic Protection. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3872-7_7

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