MULTIPLE POTENTIAL STEP AT AN SMDE IN THE ABSENCE PRESENCE AMALGAMATION/

In this paper we obtain the general analytical solution corresponding to the response of a reversible charge transfer reaction to the applic ation of any sequence of potential steps to a static mercury drop elec trode. This solution is applicable when the amalgamation takes place a s well as when the product is soluble in the electrolytic solution, an d independently of whether the redox couple diffusion coefficients are equal or not. The influence of amalgamation on the response correspon ding to cyclic staircase voltammetry, stripping cyclic staircase volta mmetry, cyclic square wave voltammetry and stripping cyclic square wav e voltammetry is discussed.