“…The phenomenon of hysteresis has been associated with the question of charge balance by Laitinen and Enke (1) 35) were slow, then during reduction, the oxide may simply remain in the "PtOH" state. However, this is not a theory which gives a truly irreversible effect, since it would be expected that the PtOH would be reduced given sufficient time, as is indeed indicated by Gilman's charge balance result, and the present work.…”