2.
In continuation to my previous work (Guha S.
AIChE J. 2013;59(4):1390-1399), in this work, effects of ionic migration are evaluated for disk region of a rotating ring disk electrode system by numerically solving complex differential equations, developed for mass transfer along with kinetic complication in presence of ionic migration under limiting current condition. The system for simulation is 0.01 M Fe
2(SO
4)
3 solution with H
2SO
4 as supporting electrolyte. Simulation cases are presence and absence of ionic migration with kinetic complication (oxidation of Fe
2+ to Fe
3+ under O
2 pressure). Results show that concentration boundary layer thickness of reactant Fe
3+ reduces appreciably and steady-state disk current reduces substantially in presence of migration. Simulated steady-state disk current in absence of migration case agrees well with published data. Results indicate higher Fe
2+ concentration in presence of migration and thereby higher rate of oxidation of Fe
2+ to Fe
3+ at all rate constant values.
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