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ELECTROCHEMICAL PRINCIPLES AND REACTIONS        2.11

















                                               Salt bridge to
                                               H  electrode
                                                2




                                                                         Capillary


                                                                         Mercury
                                       Counterelectrode                  electrode

                                                                         Electrolyte
                                                                         solution

                                       FIGURE 2.7  Experimental arrangement to measure interfacial surface tension at the mercury-
                                       electrolyte interface.


                                                                   Radius r





                                                           Mercury
                                                                              Height h




                                                      Electrolyte
                                                       solution




                                                  FIGURE 2.8  Close-up of the mercury-electrolyte
                                                  interface in a capillary immersed in an electrolyte
                                                  solution.
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