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. 2025 Aug 15;15(35):28929–28936. doi: 10.1039/d5ra02880a

Table 1. Comparison of theoretical and experimental changes in the mass of Mg anode at different currentsa.

i, mA Anode mass change, g Solids produced, g Current efficiency Mg2+, mg L−1 CaCO3
Theoretical Experimental Experimental Theoretical
5 0.031 0.021 ± 0.003 0.162 ± 0.007 0.316 39.85 ND
45 0.282 0.128 ± 0.002 1.398 ± 0.004 1.841 14.06 87.5 ± 2.17
53 0.330 0.161 ± 0.005 1.630 ± 0.021 1.841 11.26 70.04 ± 3.23
61 0.382 0.207 ± 0.007 1.716 ± 0.008 1.841 17.09 157.50 ± 4.74
a

Theoretical values of changes in anode mass were calculated using eqn (4).