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

Electroanalytical chemistry is the use of electrochemistry to make analytical measurements. This title discusses the principles of electroanalytical chemistry. It has a distance-learning structure with clear summaries of each analytical technique and extensive use of self-assessment questions and problems to aid student understanding.

Table of Contents:
Series Preface. Preface. Acronyms, Abbreviations and Symbols. About the Author. Explanatory Foreword. Introductory Overview and Discussion of Experimental 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 1: Named Electroanalysis Equations Used in the Text. Appendix 2: Writing a Cell Schematic. Appendix 3: The Electrode Potential Series (Against the SHE). Responses to Self--Assessment Questions. Bibliography. Glossary of Terms. SI Units and Physical Constants. Periodic Table. Index. Responses to Self--Assessment Questions. Bibliography. Glossary of Terms. SI Units and Physical Constants. Periodic Table. Index.

About the Author :
The author 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 :
"...not a textbook, but an introduction for readers who want to learn at a distance or in the absence of a suitable tutor..." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 25, No. 4, December 2001)