D. Poskus et G. Agafonovas, ADSORPTION OF AU-CONTAINING SPECIES AND HETEROGENEOUS ISOTOPE-EXCHANGE OF AU ATOMS AT THE AU ELECTRODE-VERTICAL-BAR-DICYANOAURATE SOLUTION INTERFACE, Journal of electroanalytical chemistry [1992], 457(1-2), 1998, pp. 171-176
Both the adsorption of Au-containing species on a polycrystalline gold
electrode in alkaline 10(-4) M dicyanoaurate solution and the heterog
eneous isotope exchange of Au atoms in this system were studied by the
use of 'electrode lowering' radiotracer techniques and Au-195-labelle
d dicyanoaurate. At an electrode potential of 0.1 V (SHE), the rate of
adsorption of Au-containing species is considerably higher than that
of heterogeneous isotope exchange which makes it possible to discrimin
ate the contribution of adsorption from that of heterogeneous isotope
exchange. The surface concentration of Au-containing species adsorbed
on the gold electrode at 0.1 V determined in this study is close to th
at of CN-containing species adsorbed in the same system obtained previ
ously [1]. The results obtained suggest strongly that AuCN species are
adsorbed on a gold electrode from alkaline dicyanoaurate solutions an
d the heterogeneous isotope exchange is confined to the atomic monolay
er of gold. The rate of heterogeneous isotope exchange at 0.1 V is som
e orders of magnitude higher than the partial cathodic current density
extrapolated to this potential. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A. All ri
ghts reserved.