Glassy carbon is widely practiced as an electrode material in electrochemistry, as considerably as for high temperature crucibles and as a part of some prosthetic devices. Glassy carbon electrode (GCE) in aqueous solutions is considered to be an inert electrode for hydronium ion reduction.

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