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Principles, theory and methodology are discussed for the applications of the coulostatic method toanalytical chemistry, electrode kinetics and adsorption kinetics. The coulostatic method is based on the following principle: a known quantity ofelectricity is supplied to the working electrode of an electrochemical cell in a very short time (perhaps l microsecond or even a shorter time), and the subsequent variations of potential of the working electrode are followed at open circuit. The principle was mentioned in a two-line statement by Barker who considered solely application to electrode kinetics. The method was rediscovered in this Laboratory in connection with a theoretical study of adsorption kinetics at an ideal polarized electrode . The expression "coulostatic method" was coined in thi s paper. Application of the method to analytical chemistry was soon announced and application to electrode kinetics was immediately developed. Independently, Reinmuth and coworkers and Gerischer also developed the study of fast electrode processes by this method.
