Electrochemistry is a discipline of wide scientific and technological
interest. Scientifically, it explores the electrical properties of
materials and especially the interfaces between different kinds of
matter. Technologically, electrochemistry touches our lives in many
ways that few fully appreciate; for example, materials as diverse as
aluminum, nylon, and bleach are manufactured electrochemically, while
the batteries that power all manner of appliances, vehicles, and
devices are the products of electrochemical research. Other realms
in which electrochemical science plays a crucial role include
corrosion, the disinfection of water, neurophysiology, sensors, energy
storage, semiconductors, the physics of thunderstorms, biomedical
analysis, and so on. This book treats electrochemistry as a science in
its own right, albeit resting firmly on foundations provided by
chemistry, physics, and mathematics. Early chapters discuss the
electrical and chemical properties of materials from which
electrochemical cells are constructed. The behavior of such cells is
addressed in later chapters, with emphasis on the electrodes and the
reactions that occur on their surfaces. The role of transport to and
from electrodes is a topic that commands attention, because it
crucially determines cell efficiency. Final chapters deal with
voltammetry, the methodology used to investigate electrode behavior.
Interspersed among the more fundamental chapters are chapters devoted
to applications of electrochemistry: electrosynthesis, power sources,
“green electrochemistry”, and corrosion. Electrochemical Science
and Technology is addressed to all who have a need to come to grips
with the fundamentals of electrochemistry and to learn about some of
its applications. It will constitute a text for a senior undergraduate
or graduate course in electrochemistry. It also serves as a source of
material of interest to scientists and technologists in various fields
throughout academia, industry, and government – chemists,
physicists, engineers, environmentalists, materials scientists,
biologists, and those in related endeavors. This book: Provides a
background to electrochemistry, as well as treating the topic itself.
Is accessible to all with a foundation in physical science, not solely
to chemists. Is addressed both to students and those later in their
careers. Features web links (through www.wiley.com/go/EST) to
extensive material that is of a more tangential, specialized, or
mathematical nature. Includes questions as footnotes to support the
reader’s evolving comprehension of the material, with fully worked
answers provided on the web. Provides web access to Excel®
spreadsheets which allow the reader to model electrochemical events.
Has a copious Appendix of relevant data.
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Fundamentals and Applications
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ISBN
9781119966845
Publisert
2018
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John Wiley & Sons P&T
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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