Dr. Rosseinsky et al., NOVEL CHROMIUM(III) (VI) ADDUCTS OF XPS-DETERMINED MIXED-VALENCE, FROM ELECTROREDUCED CHROMIUM(VI)/, Transition metal chemistry, 20(1), 1995, pp. 88-90
Conditions of chromium(VI) and acidity have been found at which a nove
l brown deposit from electroreduction. Its 1:1 chromium(III):chromium(
VI) composition, and the 2:1 ratio of the alkali-leached product, were
established by XPS. The composition bounds for electrodeposition of t
he 1:1 solid and the competing insulative chromium(III) film were esta
blished electrochemically. Earlier reported chromium(III) and chromium
(VI) solid or gels, some deposited from alkali, differ in colour and c
omposition properties.