ELECTROCHEMICAL INCORPORATION OF CATIONS BY THE CONTACT ELECTRORESISTANCE TECHNIQUE

The technique of contact electroresistance (CER) is shown to be feasib le and of promise for in situ studying the initial stages of electroch emical incorporation (ECI) of cations. ECI is found to increase CER of metals, which makes it possible to determine ECI potentials and inves tigate the process kinetics. By the example of ECI into copper, silver , and zinc, the CER technique is shown to produce results that do not contradict the available literature data. Potentials of ECI of cations from acid and neutral solutions into copper, platinum, iron, titanium , and tungsten are determined.