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ArticleHardwareX2025

Low cost rotating disc electrode built using accessible hand tools and 3D printing.

Adam Shnier, Tarisai Velempini, Anzel Falch

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Article in HardwareX, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Adam ShnierMolecular Sciences Institute, School of Chemistry, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa.
Tarisai VelempiniMolecular Sciences Institute, School of Chemistry, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa.
Anzel FalchMolecular Sciences Institute, School of Chemistry, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rotating disc electrodes (RDEs) are ubiquitous among electrochemistry labs for their versatility. They serve to mitigate the mass transport limitations in experiments through hydrodynamic control. Commercially available RDEs cost thousands of USD ($) making them unaffordable for many lower budget research groups or education institutions. Affordable designs exist in literature to make these, but precision machined parts are required. The presented prototype is fabricated using a 3D printed design and common hand tools, providing clean and reproducible data. This facilitates production in a wider range of environments for research and education applications, as is ideal in the South African context in which it was designed.

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EducationElectrochemistryElectrodeElectrolysisRDERotor

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PMID39995748
PMCPMC11848141

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