Polarization (electrochemistry)
AN EFFECT PRODUCED UPON THE PLATES OF A VOLTAIC BATTERY, OR THE ELECTRODES IN AN ELECTROLYTIC CELL, BY THE DEPOSITION UPON THEM OF THE GASES LIBERATED BY THE ACTION OF THE CURRENT.
Polarization (corrosion); Polarisation (electrochemistry); Electrical polarization; Electrolytic polarization; Activation polarization
In electrochemistry, polarization is a collective term for certain mechanical side-effects (of an electrochemical process) by which isolating barriers develop at the interface between electrode and electrolyte. These side-effects influence the reaction mechanisms, as well as the chemical kinetics of corrosion and metal deposition..