“…The voltammograms associated with the dissolution, prepassivation, and passivation of nickel in sulfuric acid exhibit at least two current peaks (I and II) located at potentials more positive than the equilibrium potential calculated for the NiO electrode (3,14,15,(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29). tion composition including pH (27,(30)(31)(32), with the potential perturbation applied to the specimen (15,21,33), with the electrode history including the degree of surface electroreduction achieved in previous treatments (34), and with the hydrodynamic conditions (14,27), although the general shape of the voltammograms remains'in principle the same at least for an oxide-free Ni(ll0) electrode (35,36), Under potentiostatic conditions, only peak I can be observed (36) and this result can be related to a local increase in pH which compensates the growth of the second current peak through the enhancement of the chemical dissolution of the surface layer. tion composition including pH (27,(30)(31)(32), with the potential perturbation applied to the specimen (15,21,33), with the electrode history including the degree of surface electroreduction achieved in previous treatments (34), and with the hydrodynamic conditions (14,27), although the general shape of the voltammograms remains'in principle the same at least for an oxide-free Ni(ll0) electrode …”