The partial mass/potential TFs were also
analyzed to validate our hypothesis involving three different species; they
are estimated, for example by removing the c2 contribution, calculating
Δm
ΔE
jc1s
th or by removing the c1 contribution, calculating Δm
ΔE
jc2s
th (not
shown). The hydrated Na+ appears at high frequency (fast process)
whereas the protons participate at low frequency (slow process). The kinetics
of the free solvent molecules is close to that of hydrated Na+ species
suggesting that polar water molecules are electrodragged together
with hydrated Na+.
Fig. 1. The CV curves (A), the simultaneous mass responses (B) and the F Δm
Δq function