Electromagnetic radiation during electrolysis of heavy water
Abstract
The radiation in the visible and ultraviolet spectral regions during electrolysis of heavy water on nickel and palladium cathodes was determined for the first time. A sharp jump of the intensity photon flow was observed at a current density of higher than 125 mA/cm 2. A hypothesis about the relation of the electrochemiluminescence phenomenon during electrolysis of heavy water with the formation of fresh surfaces in consequence of the hydrogenous corrosion of the cathode material is formulated.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters A
- Pub Date:
- June 1994
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0375-9601(94)90810-9
- Bibcode:
- 1994PhLA..189...15K