
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fredericks, M 
A1  - Temple, RB 
T1  - The effect of water vapour on the behaviour of the oxygen electrode in molten nitrates
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1972
VL  - 25
IS  - 9
SP  - 1831
EP  - 1831
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9721831 
N2  - Water vapour has been deliberately introduced into an oxygen gas electrode in an equimolar NaXO3-KNO3 melt at 300º. When this is done the slope of the line obtained for ECe11 against log[O2-]Total changes from the 2.303RT/2F obtained with dry oxygen to almost exactly 2.303RT/F. On discontinuing the passage of water vapour into the melt, the cell reverts to its original condition within 3 hr. These experimental results are discussed theoretically. The results also yield a value of 3.2 x 10-2 for the equilibrium constant of the reaction    O2 + H2O = 2OH- 
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