Dear all,

I am trying to measure the impedance of a 1% NaCl solution using 50 um x 150
um gold electrodes (thickness 0.6 um) in a microchannel and the electrodes
dissolve in about 40 minutes(!).

I used very pure NaCl and distilled water to make the solution. I use a
sine-wave generator to make a 50 mV AC voltage (offset oV) and I measure the
current using an transimpedance-amplifier with a 100k resistor. Nor the source
nor the read-out electronics seems to generate a DC value current.

Does anybody have a suggestion what is going on? To the best of my knowledge
nothing should happen when the AC voltage used is less than about a volt.

Regards,
Jeroen Nieuwenhuis