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Book preface and the authors words
Electrochemistry has undergone
significant transformations in the last few decades. It is not now the province
of academics interested only in measuring thermodynamic properties of solutions
or of industrialists using electrolysis or manufacturing batteries, with a huge
gulf between them. It has become clear that these two, apparently distinct
subjects, and others, have a common ground and they have grown towards each other,
particularly as a result of research into the rates of electrochemical processes.
Such an evolution is due to a number of factors, but principally the
possibility of carrying out reproducible, dynamic experiments under an ever increasing
variety of conditions with reliable and sensitive instrumentation. This has
enabled many studies of a fundamental and applied nature to be carried out.
The reasons for this book are twofold. First to show the all-pervasive
and interdisciplinary nature of electrochemistry, and particularly of electrode
reactions, through a description of modern electrochemistry. Secondly to show
to the student and the non-specialist that this subject is not separated from
the rest of chemistry, and how he or she can use it. Unfortunately, these
necessities are, in our view, despite efforts over recent years, still very
real.
The book has been organized into three parts, after Chapter 1 as general
introduction. We have begun at a non-specialized, undergraduate level and progressed
through to a relatively specialized level in each topic. Our objective is to
transmit the essence of electrochemistry and research therein. It is intended
that the chapters should be as independent of one another as possible. The
sections are: Chapters 2-6 on the thermodynamics and kinetics of electrode reactions,
Chapters 7-12 on experimental strategy and methods, and Chapters 13-17 on
applications. Also included are several appendices to explain the mathematical
basis in more detail. It is no accident that at least 80 per cent of the book
deals with current-volt age relations, and not with equilibrium. The essence of
any chemical process is change, and reality reflects this.
We have not filled the text with lots of details which can be found in
the references given, and, where appropriate, we make ample reference to recent
research literature. This is designed to kindle the enthusiasm and interest of
the reader in recent, often exciting, advances in the topics described.
A major preoccupation was with notation, given the traditionally
different type of language that electrochemists have used in relation to other
branches of chemistry, such as exchange current which measures rate constants,
and given differences in usage of symbols between different branches of
electrochemistry. Differences in sign conventions are another way of confusing
the unwary beginner. We have decided broadly to follow IUPAC recommendations.
Description of the book
Book name:
Electrochemistry book (Principles, Methods, and Applications) by Christopher M.A Brett and Ana Mara Oliveira Brett.
Author:
Christopher M.A Brett and Ana Mara Oliveira Brett.
Departamento de Quimica,
Universidade de Coimbra,
Portugal
Christopher M.A Brett and Ana Mara Oliveira Brett.
Departamento de Quimica,
Universidade de Coimbra,
Portugal
Edition: Unkown
Year: 1993
No of Chapters: 17
No of Pages: 444
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Contents
Chapter
1:
Introduction
Chapter
2:
Electrochemical
cells: thermodynamic properties and electrode potentials
Chapter
3:
The interfacial region
Chapter
4:
Fundamentals
of kinetics and mechanism of electrode reactions
Chapter
5:
Mass transport
Chapter
6:
Kinetics
and transport in electrode reactions
Chapter
7:
Electrochemical experiments
Chapter
8:
Hydrodynamic
Electrodes
Chapter
9:
Cyclic
voltammetry and linear sweep techniques
Chapter
10:
Step
and pulse techniques
Chapter
11:
Impedance
methods
Chapter
12:
non-electrochemical
probes of electrodes and electrode processes
Chapter
13:
Potentiometric
Sensors
Chapter
14:
Amperometric
and voltammetric sensors
Chapter
15:
Electrochemistry
in industry
Chapter
16:
Corrosion
Chapter
17:
Bioelectrochemistry
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