“…The initial rate of chlorate formation has been explained by hydrolysis of molecular chlorine in a reaction layer at the anode [16,17]. It has been found that both ~b4, 0 and q~ox,0 increase strongly with decreasing Cl,0 [14,15]. Consequently, the initial rate of chlorate formation ~b4,0 increases with decreasing pH at the anode, whereas the equilibrium concentration of hypochlorite decreases with decreasing pH [16,17].…”