Applications:

Here, stirring is accomplished using a magnetic stirrer but in some other cases the electrode is rotated at a constant high speed in the solution thus providing a stirring action. The obtained voltammogram is a wave and the current voltage plot is characterized by an initial residual current that grows up with increasing potential till the E½ and then slowly increases till a stationary level is reached. At this value of potential the ions reaching the electrode discharge immediately thus the concentration of the analyte in the diffusion layer is almost nil. The continuous flowing of ions into the diffusion layer due to stirring maintains a constant current.

Another way of carrying out this technique involves the flowing of analyte solution through a tube in which the microelectrode is fixed. This technique has been used as a voltammetric detector in HPLC.

Some important applications of this technique include the detection and determination of oxygen and chemical species like glucose, lactose and sucrose. This detector has also been used in fundamental studies in electrochemistry and detection of end points in electrometric and volumetric titrations.