Fundamentals of Electroanalytical Chemistry: (Analytical Techniques in the Sciences (AnTs))

This thoroughly updated open learning text provides an introduction to electroanalytical chemistry, one of today's fastest growing and most exciting frontiers of analytical science. The author discusses electroanalysis in a non-mathematical and informal tutorial style and offers over 250 discussion and self-assessment questions. In addition he includes 50 worked examples that provide excellent material for testing the reader's understanding of the subject matter. The topics covered include the following: * Simple emf measurements with cells * Equilibrium and dynamic measurements * Polarography * Cyclic voltammetry * Rotated disc, ring-disc and wall-jet electrodes * In situ spectroelectrochemistry measurements * Impedance analysis * Preparation of electrodes * Data processing The book also contains a comprehensive bibliography and details of web-based resources. It assumes no prior knowledge of this powerful branch of analytical science and will be an invaluable aid for anyone wanting to perform analytical measurements using electrochemical technqiues. Is approach makes it also ideal for students.

Table of Contents:
Series Preface. Preface. Acronyms, Abbreviations and Symbols. About the Author. Explanatory Forword. Introductory Overview and Discussion of Experiemental Methodology. Equilibrium Measurements: "Frustrated" Equilibrium with No Net Electron Transfer. Potentiometry: True Equilibrium and Monitoring Systems with Electron Transfer. Coulometry. Analysis by Dynamic Measurement, A: Systems Under Diffusion Control. Analysis by Dynamic Measurement, B: Systems Under Convection Control. Additional Methods. Electrode Preparation. Data Processing. Appendix A: Named Electoanalysis Equations Used in the Text. Appendix B: Writing a Cell Schematic. Appendix C: The Electrode Potential Series (Against the SHE). Responses to Self-Assessment Questions. Bibliography. Glossary of Terms. SI Units and Physical Contents. Periodic Table. Index.

About the Author :
The author, Paul Monk, was brought up in Hastings, on England's south coast, where he attended a local comprehensive school. Despite this education, he achieved entrance to the University of Exeter to read Chemistry. Having obtained a B. Sc. degree and then a doctorate (in 1989) on the electrochemistry of the viologens, he was awarded a fellowship at the University of Aberdeen to study the electrochromism of thin films of tungsten trioxide. He joined the staff of the Department of Chemistry and Materials, Manchester Metropolitan University in 1991 as a lecturer in Physical Chemistry. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1998. He enjoys writing, and is also the author of the books Electrochromism: Fundamentals and Applications and The Viologens, both of these published by John Wiley & Sons. Paul Monk is married, in which state he is instructed to profess great happiness, and is also a Methodist Local Preacher.

Review :
"...this book is recommended for all those who wish to learn about the different electroanalytical methods..." (Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 40, NO. 23, December 3, 2001)