This list of things we have learned about electrochemistry by testing in autoclaves at high temperature and pressure has been expanded as “The Art of Electrochemistry in an Autoclave” in http://www.gamry.com/assets/Application-Notes/The-Art-of-Electrochemistry-in-an-Autoclave.pdf. Max Yaffe of Gamry Instruments recognized the uniqueness of the anecdotes I told him and thought that some of his customers would find them useful.
The application note cannot be complete by itself: There is a treatise waiting to be written for every line. The answer could be just for you or it could expand in the application note. Some things learned in autoclaves apply elsewhere, too, but are most conspicuous and problematic at high temperature or pressure.
If you see anything in this list that looks like a problem for which you need a solution, contact us.
James Hardy, ChemCorr, LLC
Autoclaves
Safety
Design
Materials
Metal Alloys
Plastics
Teflontm
Other Plastics
Other Materials
Ceramics
Diamond and related materials
Size
Operation
Static
Flowing
Gas Dome
Bubbles
Carryover
Heating and Hot Spots
Hardware and Piping
Oxygen
Effects
Sources
Monitoring Means
Flowing Lines
Polarographic Sensors
Orbisphere
Others
Fluorescence
Orbisphere
Ocean Optics
In-situ/TauTheta
Custom Sensors
Sampling
Chemetrics
Others
Control
Electrochemical Noise Monitoring
Electrical Potential Drop / Electrical Resistance Monitoring
Reference Electrodes
Other Electrodes, Including pH Electrodes
Electrochemical Cells
Design
Electrical Insulation
SCC testing (not a comprehensive or in-depth discussion. Others are better qualified for that – offer references in the bibliography.)
Load/Displacement Control and T effects
Crack Monitoring – EPD, Displacement