Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry / Edition 1

by John O'M. Bockris, Brian E. Conway, Ralph E. White

Overview

The present volume presents six chapters, two of them fairly brief, covering both fundamental and applied electrochemistry. The latter aspect has, of course, historical significance in the subject as well as a major technological profile in recent decades, while intimate connections between these complementary facets of the subject have always been a driving force for its earlier and continu­ ing development. In the Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry series we have periodically included contributions from the several schools of Russian electrochemistry. This approach is continued in the present volume by inclusion of the chapter by Benderskii, Brodskii, Daikhin, and Velichko from the Frumkin Institute, Moscow, on phase transitions among molecules adsorbed in the double-layer interphase at electrodes. This topic has attracted attention for some years through the works of the Russian school and of Gierst and Buess-Herman. Such behavior is also related to the important phenomenon of self-assembly of molecules in films at interfaces. In Chapter 1, these authors give an account of the factors associated with two-dimensional phase transitions and associated orientation effects with polar adsorbates at electrode interfaces. The theoretical interpretation of these effects are also treated in some detail. Chapter 2, by Rusling, deals with electrochemistry and electro­ catalysis in microemulsions, thus connecting aspects of electrode kinetics, adsorption at electrode interfaces, and colloid chemistry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306446085
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	05/31/1994
Series:	Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry , #26
Edition description:	1994
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

1 Phase Transitions in the Double Layer at Electrodes.- 2 Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Catalysis in Microemulsions.- 3 Advanced Electrochemical Hydrogen Technologies: Water Electrolyzers and Fuel Cells.- 4 Electrogalvanizing.- 5 Electroanalytical Methods for Determination of Al2O3 in Molten Cryolite.- 6 Environmental Cracking of Metals: Electrochemical Aspects.- Cumulative Author Index.- Cumulative Title Index.

Editorial Reviews

Experts from academic and industrial laboratories worldwide present the latest developments in the field. Highlights include discussion of experimental results from the last decade of interfacial studies, a quantum-mechanical treatment of electrode processes, an in-depth look at underpotential disposition on single-crystal metals, an account of automated methods of corrosion measurement, and a report on recent work in molecular simulations. Of interest to researchers in engineering, electrochemistry, analytical chemistry, materials science, physical chemistry, and corrosion science. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

The new volume of the Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry series proceeds as in the past with five chapters covering both the electrolyte solution and the interfacial electrode process sides of the field. Applications of the electrode processes involving hydrogen are, especially the behavior of underpotential-deposited H, sorption of H into metals, and the kinetics and mechanisms of cathodic evolution of H2. Electroless metal deposition is reviewed. The development of computational electrochemistry and its applications to problems in electrochemical kinetics is examined. The properties of electrolyte solutions at high concentrations are studied. Finally, applications of the Born theory to solvent polarization by ions are critically reexamined. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

from a review of a previous volume:
'Extremely well-referenced and very readable....Maintains the overall high standards of the series.'
Journal of the American Chemical Society

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