Electrochemical Methods Fundamentals And Applications Pdf

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Abroad and comprehensive survey of the fundamentals for electrochemical methods now in widespread use. This book is meant as a textbook, and can also be used for self-study as well as for courses at the senior undergraduate and beginning graduate levels. Knowledge of physical chemistry is assumed, but the discussions start at an elementary level and develop upward. This revision comes twenty years after publication of the first edition, and provides valuable new and updated coverage.

Allen J. Bard is Norman Hackerman-Welch Regents Chair in Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has been a faculty member since 1958. Professor Bard is the recipient of more than twenty academic awards, most recently the Luigi Galvani Medal of the Societa Chimica Italiana, 1992; the G. M. Kosolapoff Award of the American Chemical Society, 1992; and the Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Fields of Analytical Chemistry of the Eastern Analytical Symposium, 1990. A frequent lecturer at major universities throughout the United States and Canada, and a member of numerous professional and academic organizations, Professor Bard is Editor in Chief of the Journal of the American Chemical Society and served as president of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry from 1991 to 1993. He received his PhD in electroanalytical chemistry from Harvard University in 1958.

The third edition of Electrochemical Methods has been extensively revised to reflect the evolution of electrochemistry over the past two decades, highlighting significant developments in the understanding of electrochemical phenomena and emerging experimental tools, while extending the book's value as a general introduction to electrochemical methods.

This authoritative resource for new students and practitioners provides must-have information crucial to a successful career in research. The authors focus on methods that are extensively practiced and on phenomenological questions of current concern.

This latest edition of Electrochemical Methods contains numerous problems and chemical examples, with illustrations that serve to illuminate the concepts contained within in a way that will assist both student and mid-career practitioner.

The new edition has been revised to address a broader audience of scientists and engineers, designed to be accessible to readers with a basic foundation in university chemistry, physics and mathematics. It is a self-contained volume, developing all key ideas from the fundamental principles of chemistry and physics.

Perfect for senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in electrochemistry, physical and analytical chemistry, this is also an indispensable resource for researchers and practitioners working in fields including electrochemistry and electrochemical engineering, energy storage and conversion, analytical chemistry and sensors.

Allen J. Bard is Professor and Hackerman-Welch Regents Chair in Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin in the United States. His research is focused on the application of electrochemical methods to the study of chemical problems.

This book is an excellent introduction to electrochemical methods written bytwo experts in the field, and highly recommended for electrochemical courses.The authors have updated the first edition that was published 20 years back toadd valuable new and updated developments in electrochemistry.

The book consists of 18 chapters that cover comprehensively the fundamentalsof electrochemical methods. Chapters 1-4 handle electrode processes,thermodynamics and potential, and electron and mass-transfer kinetics. Chapters5-11 integrate the basic chemical principles into the various electrochemicaltechniques. Chapter 12 deals with electrode and chemical reactions, whilechapters 13 and 14 discuss double layer structure, adsorption and modifiedelectrodes. Chapter 15 is devoted to electrochemical instrumentation, andChapters 16-18 focus on techniques that combine electrochemistry with othertechniques such as spectroscopy and microscopy. The book concludes with threeAppendices for review of important mathematical tools, digital simulations ofelectrochemical problems, and useful reference tables.

The book provides a nice progressive transition from the basic chemical andphysical principles, fundamentals of thermodynamics, kinetics, and masstransfer, to a thorough treatment of all important experimental methods. Thereader will find thorough treatment of many topics, from double layer theory toimpedance analysis and to photoelectrochemistry. The text treats application ofelectrochemical methods to understand reaction mechanisms, double layerstructure and surface processes. In this second edition, many chapters have beenmodified and improved to add coverage of latest developments such as phenomenaat well-defined surfaces, modified electrodes, scanning probe methods,ultramicroelectrodes, and spectroelectrochemistry.

The book is intended to be a textbook for senior undergraduate level andgraduate level students. It contains plenty of problems at the end of eachchapter, and a teacher's manual is available and sold separately. The bookinvolves extensive mathematical treatment and the user should have a goodmathematical background to be able to follow the derivations. In addition,background in physical chemistry is important for the reader to be able tobenefit the most from the book.

The book is very well organized, with consistent writing style and uniformmathematical notation. Each topic is handled from very simple terms toprogressively more complicated concepts; in this way, one could use it forself-study. Another strength of the book is its extensive illustrations, withsketches and diagrams that are used to simplify terms, explain concepts, anddemonstrate different conditions. The book provides reference to manuscripts foradditional information and plenty of scientific papers until recent years, andincludes an extensive list of symbols, abbreviations and definitions.

The latest edition of a classic textbook in electrochemistry

Significant updates and new content in this third edition include:

* An extensively revised introductory chapter on electrode processes, designed for new readers coming into electrochemistry from diverse backgrounds

* New chapters on steady-state voltammetry at ultramicroelectrodes, inner-sphere electrode reactions and electrocatalysis, and single-particle electrochemistry

* Extensive treatment of Marcus kinetics as applied to electrode reactions, a more detailed introduction to migration, and expanded coverage of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

* The inclusion of Lab Notes in many chapters to help newcomers with the transition from concept to practice in the laboratory

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