IR (DROP) CORRECTION

"A numerical correction of measured potential of the working electrode for the solution ir drop. (One must know the value of the current and the value of the resistance of the electrolyte between the working and the reference electrodes.) It cannot be simply stated whether this correction is positive or negative because of the contradictory conventions used for the anodic and cathodic currents. In either case, the absolute value of the corrected potential must be smaller than that of the uncorrected potential. Contrast with ir (drop) compensation. "