![]() UNDERSTANDING VOLTAMMETRY
Problems and Solutions
by Richard G Compton, Christopher
Batchelor-McAuley & Edmund J
F Dickinson (University of
Oxford, UK)
250pp (approx.)
978-1-84816-731-5(pbk): US$48 / £30
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The field of
electrochemical measurement, with
respect to thermodynamics, kinetics and
analysis, is widely recognised but the
subject can be unpredictable to the
novice, even if they have a strong
physical and chemical background,
especially if they wish to pursue
quantitative measurements. Accordingly,
some significant experiments are,
perhaps wisely, never attempted, while
the literature is sadly replete with
flawed attempts at rigorous voltammetry.
This book presents
problems and worked solutions for a wide
range of theoretical and experimental
subjects in the field of voltammetry.
The reader is assumed to have knowledge
up to a Master's level of physical
chemistry, but no exposure to
electrochemistry in general, or
voltammetry in particular, is required.
The problems included range in
difficulty from senior undergraduate to
research level, and develop important
practical approaches in voltammetry.
The problems
presented in the earlier chapters focus
on the fundamental theories of
thermodynamics, electron transfer and
diffusion. Voltammetric experiments and
their analysis are then considered,
including extensive problems on both
macroelectrode and microelectrode
voltammetry. Convection, hydrodynamic
electrodes, homogeneous kinetics,
adsorption and electroanalytical
applications are discussed in the later
chapters, as well as problems on two
rapidly developing fields of
voltammetry: weakly supported media and
nanoscale electrodes.
There is huge
interest in the experimental procedure
of voltammetry at present, and yet no
dedicated question and answer book with
exclusive voltammetric focus exists, in
spite of the inherent challenges of the
subject. This book aims to fill that
niche.
Contents:
- Problems and Solutions on:
Equilibrium Electrochemistry and the
Nernst Equation
- Electrode Kinetics
- Diffusion
- Cyclic Voltammetry at
Macroelectrodes
- Voltammetry at Microelectrodes
- Voltammetry at Heterogeneous
Surfaces
- Cyclic Voltammetry: Coupled
Homogeneous Kinetics and Adsorption
- Hydrodynamic Electrodes
- Voltammetry for Electroanalysis
- Voltammetry in Weakly Supported
Media: Migration and Other Effects
- Voltammetry at the Nanoscale
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