[...]... standard, Surface Electrochemistry (1993) is available, as well as the monograph series, Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry (Kluwer-Plenum), which is published, roughly, at one volume per year xi xii PREFACE TO VOLUME 2A Modern Electrochemistry was a two-volume work in 1970, but advances in the field since then have made it necessary to considerably enlarge the scope of this text Whereas in Vol 1 on ionics... enormously extended the realm of systems that can be treated in electrochemical terms Volume 2A consists of Chapters 6 through 9 and covers the fundamentals of electrodics Chapters 10 through 15, which make up Vol 2B, discuss electrodics in chemistry, engineering, biology, and environmental science It would be a misapprehension to think of these chapters as being applied electrochemistry, for the considerations... Introduction Single Crystals and Planes of Specific Orientation Another Preliminary: The Voltammogram as the Arbiter of a Clean Surface Examples of the Different Degrees of Reactivity Caused by Exposing Different Planes of Metal Single Crystals to the Solution General Assessment of Single-Crystal Work in Electrochemistry Roots of the Work on Kinetics at Single-Crystal Planes Further Reading 1201 1201... Effects 7.5.17.1 Use of Isotopic Effects in the Determination of Electro-Organic Reaction Mechanisms Atomic-Scale In Situ Microscopy Use of Computers in Electrochemistry 7.5.19.1 Computational 7.5.19.2 Computer Simulation 7.5.19.3 Use of Computer Simulation to Solve Differential Equations Pertaining to Diffusion Problems 7.5.19.4 Use of Computers to Control Experiments: Robotization of Suitable Experiments... Kelly, University of Virginia Chapter 13 was read and criticized by Prof A.J Appleby, Texas A&M University and Dr Supramaniam Srinivasan, Princeton University Chapter 14 was commented upon by Dr Martin Blank, State University of New York, and Chapter 15 by Dr Robert Gale of Louisiana State University John O’M Bockris, College Station, Texas Amalya K Reddy, Bangalore, India Maria Gamboa-Aldeco, Superior,... Needs of the Interface How the Transport Flux Is Linked to the Charge-Transfer Flux: The Flux-Equality Condition Appropriations from the Theory of Heat Transfer A Qualitative Study of How Diffusion Affects the Response of an Interface to a Constant Current A Quantitative Treatment of How Diffusion to an Electrode Affects the Response with Time of an Interface to a Constant Current The Concept of Transition... total sales of the first edition far exceeded the number of electrochemists in the Electrochemical Society—evidence that the book is used by scientists who may have backgrounds in quite other subjects, but find that their disciplines involve the properties of interfaces and thus, in practice, the interfacial part of electrochemistry (for the ionics part, see Vol 1) This broad audience, professionals... Gurney, 1932) This will allow the student to place these leaders in electrochemistry in the development of the field Then, at the end of sections is a suggested reading list The first part of the list consists of some seminal papers, publications which, in the light of history, can be seen to have made important contributions to the buildup of modern electrochemical knowledge The student will find these earlier... 8.6.1 8.6.2 8.6.3 8.6.4 8.6.5 Introduction Beginning of Cyclic Voltammetry The Range of the Cyclic Voltammetric Technique Cyclic Voltammetry: Its Limitations The Acceptable Sweep Rate Range 8.6.5.1 What Would Make a Sweep Rate Too Fast? 8.6.5.2 What Would Make a Sweep Rate Too Slow? The Shape of the Peaks in Potential-Sweep Curves Quantitative Calculation of Kinetic Parameters from Potential–Sweep Curves... Role of Nonaqueous Solutions in Cyclic Voltammetry Two Difficulties in Cyclic Voltammetric Measurements How Should Cyclic Voltammetry Be Regarded? 1432 1434 1434 1438 8.7 Linear Sweep Voltammetry for Reactions that Include Simple Adsorbed Intermediates 1438 Potentiodynamic Relations that Account for the Role of Adsorbed Intermediates Further Reading 1438 1442 8.7.1 CHAPTER 9 SOME QUANTUM-ORIENTED ELECTROCHEMISTRY . VOLUME 2A MODERN ELECTROCHEMISTRY SECOND EDITION Fundamentals of Electrodics This page intentionally left blank To J. A. V. Butler and Max Volmer This page intentionally left blank VOLUME 2A MODERN ELECTROCHEMISTRY SECOND. India and Maria Gamboa-Aldeco Texas A&M University College Station, Texas KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS NEW YORK, BOSTON, DORDRECHT, LONDON, MOSCOW eBook ISBN: 0-3 0 6-4 760 5-3 Print ISBN: 0-3 0 6-4 616 6-8 2002. TO VOLUME 2A Modern Electrochemistry was a two-volume work in 1970, but advances in the field since then have made it necessary to considerably enlarge the scope of this text. Whereas in Vol.