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What is Amperometry, biosensor?

Also known as: amperometry · biosensor

Definition 15.20 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 15 — Electrode Kinetics and Electroanalysis

Amperometry measures the current at a fixed potential, proportional to the concentration of the species that reacts. A biosensor couples a biological recognition element (an enzyme, an antibody) to a transducer, here an electrode.

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