characteristic potential
An
applied potential
that is characteristic of a charge-transfer process and the experimental conditions (such as the composition of the solvent and
supporting electrolyte
and the temperature) under which it is investigated, and whose nature depends on the technique that is employed. Some typical characteristic potentials are the
half-wave potential
in
polarography
, the
quarter-transition-time potential
in chronopotentiometry, the
peak potential
and the
half-peak potential
in linear-sweep voltammetry, and the
summit potential
in ac
polarography
.
Source:
PAC, 1985,
57
, 1491
(Recommended terms, symbols, and definitions for electroanalytical chemistry (Recommendations 1985))
on page 1493