Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) is gaining in importance as a modern analytical tool
with applications of CV extended to almost every aspect of chemistry. CV is
used routinely to study electroactive species in organic chemistry (e.g. biosynthetic
reaction pathways), inorganic chemistry (e.g. ligand effect on metal complex
potential), biochemistry (e.g. enzymic catalysis) and materials chemistry (e.g.
solar energy conversion).
The effectiveness of CV results from its capability for rapidly observing
redox behaviour over a wide potential range.
When studying reducible systems, because oxygen is easily reduced air must
be removed from the cell before experimentation begins. This is typically achieved
by purging the cell with nitrogen.
A UHP nitrogen generator is ideally suited to supplying the relatively low
flows of high purity nitrogen required for cell purging and blanketing.
