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This user friendly introduction highlights the importance of
electrochemistry and its applications to the modern world and the
future. In contrast to other texts currently available, it
emphasises understanding and avoids using many pages of complex
equations. It also describes the diverse applications of
electrochemistry rather than focusing on analytical chemistry
alone. Although the book follows a similar structure to the first
edition, the earlier chapters have been extensively up-dated and
the later chapters are entirely new. The text is supported by a
large number of figures which illustrate key points. The book
starts by describing the essential electrochemical techniques
before moving on to cover experimental problems and applications.
To reflect the present interest in fuel cells and the environment,
these have become the focus of the final chapters. A useful
appendix contains problems with fully worked answers to test the
reader's understanding.
Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed
review coverage of progress in the major areas of chemical
research. Written by experts in their specialist fields the series
creates a unique service for the active research chemist, supplying
regular critical in-depth accounts of progress in particular areas
of chemistry. For over 80 years the Royal Society of Chemistry and
its predecessor, the Chemical Society, have been publishing reports
charting developments in chemistry, which originally took the form
of Annual Reports. However, by 1967 the whole spectrum of chemistry
could no longer be contained within one volume and the series
Specialist Periodical Reports was born. The Annual Reports
themselves still existed but were divided into two, and
subsequently three, volumes covering Inorganic, Organic and
Physical Chemistry. For more general coverage of the highlights in
chemistry they remain a 'must'. Since that time the SPR series has
altered according to the fluctuating degree of activity in various
fields of chemistry. Some titles have remained unchanged, while
others have altered their emphasis along with their titles; some
have been combined under a new name whereas others have had to be
discontinued.
Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed
review coverage of progress in the major areas of chemical
research. Written by experts in their specialist fields the series
creates a unique service for the active research chemist, supplying
regular critical in-depth accounts of progress in particular areas
of chemistry. For over 80 years the Royal Society of Chemistry and
its predecessor, the Chemical Society, have been publishing reports
charting developments in chemistry, which originally took the form
of Annual Reports. However, by 1967 the whole spectrum of chemistry
could no longer be contained within one volume and the series
Specialist Periodical Reports was born. The Annual Reports
themselves still existed but were divided into two, and
subsequently three, volumes covering Inorganic, Organic and
Physical Chemistry. For more general coverage of the highlights in
chemistry they remain a 'must'. Since that time the SPR series has
altered according to the fluctuating degree of activity in various
fields of chemistry. Some titles have remained unchanged, while
others have altered their emphasis along with their titles; some
have been combined under a new name whereas others have had to be
discontinued.
Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed
review coverage of progress in the major areas of chemical
research. Written by experts in their specialist fields the series
creates a unique service for the active research chemist, supplying
regular critical in-depth accounts of progress in particular areas
of chemistry. For over 80 years the Royal Society of Chemistry and
its predecessor, the Chemical Society, have been publishing reports
charting developments in chemistry, which originally took the form
of Annual Reports. However, by 1967 the whole spectrum of chemistry
could no longer be contained within one volume and the series
Specialist Periodical Reports was born. The Annual Reports
themselves still existed but were divided into two, and
subsequently three, volumes covering Inorganic, Organic and
Physical Chemistry. For more general coverage of the highlights in
chemistry they remain a 'must'. Since that time the SPR series has
altered according to the fluctuating degree of activity in various
fields of chemistry. Some titles have remained unchanged, while
others have altered their emphasis along with their titles; some
have been combined under a new name whereas others have had to be
discontinued.
Electrochemistry is clearly an important component of the
technology of many quite diverseindustries. Moreover, the future
for electrochemical technology is bright and there is a general
expectation that new applications of electrochemistry will become
economic as the world responds to the challenge of more expensive
energy, of the need to develop new materials and to exploit
different chemical feedstocks and of the necessity to protect the
environment. " Inthis situation, the present rather fragmentary
state ofelectrochemical technology is disappointing. Whilethere are
many similarities in the underlying principles and even the
practices of the electrochemically based industries, they are often
not fully appreciated. Certainly, the Rand D programmes in many
industries are in the hands of those with little formal training
and whose experience of and interest in other branches of
electrochemistry is very limited. Moreover, the academic world has
done little to help. Electrode processes are, too often, totally
ignored in courses to both scientists and engineers and certainly
electrochemical technology is almost never taught as a unified
subject with an appropriate balance between fundamentals,
engineering and applications. Overall, it isnot surprising that the
various strands have not interwoven and that scientists and
engineers do not have a proper appreciation of the importance of
electrochemical technology. Inthe first half of 1979 I conducted a
survey into the research and development needs of the various
industries in Britain using electrochemical technology.
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