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Which Is NOT True of Overpotential

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Which is NOT true of overpotential?


A) Overpotential is the voltage required to overcome the activation energy for a reaction at an electrode.
B) The rate of the reaction will increase as the applied overpotential increases.
C) Activation energy,hence overpotential,is electrode-surface independent.
D) Applying an increasing overpotential will sustain a higher current density.
E) Current density is current per unit area of electrode surface,A/m2.

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