Analytical and Physical Electrochemistry
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The study of electrochemistry is pertinent to a wide variety of fields, including bioenergetics, environmental sciences, and engineering sciences. In addition, electrochemistry plays a fundamental role in specific applications as diverse as the conversion and storage of energy and the sequencing of DNA.
Intended both as a basic course for undergraduate students and as a reference work for graduates and researchers, Analytical and Physical Electrochemistry covers two fundamental aspects of electrochemistry: electrochemistry in solution and interfacial electrochemistry. By bringing these two subjects together into a single volume, the author clearly establishes the links between the physical foundation and the analytical applications of electrochemistry.
The philosophy of Analytical and Physical Electrochemistry has been to publish all the mathematical derivations in detail, allowing you, if you so desire, to follow the calculations that lead to the main results. With this rigorous approach, the author has provided a book of reference constructed from first principles. In this respect, the nomenclature and standards of the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) are observed.
Table of Contents
Preface
Preface to the Original French Version
ELECTROCHEMICAL POTENTIAL
Electrochemical Potential of Ions
Electrochemical Potential of Electrons
ELECTROCHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA
Redox Reactions at Metallic Electrodes
Cells and Accumulators
Pourbaix Diagrams
Electrochemical Equilibria at the Interface Between Two Electrolytes
Analytical Applications to Potentiometry
Ion Exchange Membranes
Appendix: The Respiratory Chain
ELECTROLYTE SOLUTIONS
Liquids
Thermodynamic Aspects of Solvation
Structural Aspects of Ionic Solvation
Ion-Ion Interactions
Ion Pairs
Computational Methods
Appendix
TRANSPORT IN SOLUTION
Transport in Electrolyte Solutions
Conductivity of Electrolyte Solutions
Influence of Concentration on Conductivity
Dielectric Friction
Thermodynamics of Irreversible Systems
Statistical Aspects of Diffusion
Appendix: Elements of Fluid Mechanics
ELECTRIFIED INTERFACES
Interfacial Tension
Interfacial Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics of Electrified Interfaces
Spatial Distribution of Polarization Charges
Structure of Electrochemical Interfaces
ELECTROKINETIC PHENOMENA AND ELECTROCHEMICAL SEPARATION METHODS
Electrokinetic Phenomena
Capillary Electrophoresis
Electrophoretic Methods of Analytical Separation
Electrophoretic Separation of Biopolymers
Ion Chromatography
Industrial Methods of Electrochemical Separation
STEADY STATE AMPEROMETRY
Electrochemical Kinetics
Current Controlled by the Kinetics of the Redox Reactions
Reversible Systems: Current Limited by Diffusion
Electrodes with a Diffusion Layer of Controlled Thickness
Quasi-Reversible Systems: Current Limited by Kinetics and Diffusion
Irreversible Systems: Current Limited by Kinetics and Diffusion
Quasi-Reversible Systems: Current Limited by Diffusion, Migration, and Kinetics
Experimental Aspects of Amperometry
PULSE VOLTAMMETRY
Chronoamperometry Following a Potential Step
Polarography
Square Wave Voltammetry
Stripping Voltammetry
Thin Layer Voltammetry
Amperometric Detectors for Chromatography
ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE
Transfer Function
Elementary Circuits
Impedance of an Electrochemical System
AC Voltammetry
CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY
Electrochemically Reversible Reactions with Semi-Infinite Linear Diffusion
Influence of the Kinetics
EC Reactions
Electron Transfer at Liquid/Liquid Interfaces
Assisted Ion Transfer at Liquid/Liquid Interfaces
Surface Reactions
Hemi-Spherical Diffusion
Voltabsorptometry
Semi-Integration
ANNEX A: VECTOR ANALYSIS
Coordinate Systems
Circulation of the Field Vector
The Vector Gradient
Flux of the Field Vector
The Green-Ostrogradski Theorem
ANNEX B: WORK FUNCTIONS AND STANDARD REDOX POTENTIALS
SYMBOLS
INDEX
Editorial Reviews
"By and large, the book is an impressive monograph, which will find use in laboratories as a valuable source of information on assorted electroanalytical methods."
-Dr. Yu V. Pleskov, Elektrokhimiya/Russian Journal of Electrochemistry, 2006
"… [A]n innovative textbook … [T]his new edition gathers the physical bases of electroanalytical techniques, including electrophoretic methods, in a single volume. The strength of the book is its excellent illustrative presentation, which includes 272 figures and schematic diagrams. … This book covers both fundamental and current aspects of analytical and physical electrochemistry. It is suitable for use in a basic undergraduate course and as an advanced reference for graduate students, researchers, and electrochemical engineers. This book should serve as a popular reference for both the English and French communities of electrochemistry."
- Analytical Chemistry
"This text book is a welcome addition in an area of chemistry in which good text books are difficult to find. The author fulfills the promise of the title in 10 well organized chapters…an excellent textbook."
-ChemPhysChem, Prof. W. Ronald Fawcett, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, USA, 2006
"For anyone working in electrochemistry, this is a useful book. It should be a marvelous resource for teaching… .For graduate students, perhaps puzzled by equations that seem to be taken for granted in research publications, this book can clarify and teach their origin."
-Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 24, No. 8, 2005
"The strength of the book is its treatment of such a broad range of topics, from fundamentals through to experimental methods."
-Chromatographia, Dec. 2005
