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Preface                                                                                                                      Order Form

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1 Fundamental concepts

   1.1 Electron transfer

   1.2 Mass transport

   1.3 The interplay of electron transfer and mass transport control

   1.4 Adsorption

   1.5 Electrocatalysis

   1.6 Phase formation in electrode reactions

   1.7 Chemical reactions

   1.8 The properties of electrolyte solutions

   1.9 The assessment of cell voltage

   1.10 Electrochemistry at surfaces on open circuit

   Further reading

2 Electrochemical engineering

  2.1 General considerations

  2.2 Costing an electrolytic process

  2.3 Performance and figures of merit

  2.4 Electrolysis parameters

  2.5 Principles of Cell design

  2.6 The additional technology of electrolytic processes

  2.7 Typical Cell designs

  2.8 Laboratory data and scale-up

  Further reading

3 The chlor-alkali industry

  3.1 General concepts of brine electrolysis

  3.2 Modern technological developments

  3.3 Chlorine cell technologies

  3.4 The production of potassium hydroxide

  Further reading

4 The extraction, refining and production of metal

  4.1 Electrowinning

  4.2 Cementation

  4.3 Electrorefining

  4.4 Electrodeposition of metal powders

  Further reading

5 Other inorganic electrolytic processes

  5.1 Fluorine

  5.2 Water electrolysis

  5.3 Sodium chlorate and sodium bromate

  5.4 Peracids and their salts

  5.5 Potassium permanganate

  5.6 Potassium dichromate and chromic acid

  5.7 Hydrogen peroxide

  5.8 Ozone

  5.9 Manganese dioxide

  5.10 Cuprous oxide

  5.11 Synthesis of metal salts via anodic dissolution

  Further reading

6 Organic electrosynthesis

  6.1 The hydrodimerization of acrylonitrile

  6.2 Other commercial electrosynthetic processes

  6.3 Indirect electrosynthesis

  6.4 The future of electrosynthesis

  Further reading

7 Water purification, effluent treatment and recycling of industrial process streams

  7.1 Metal ion removal and metal recovery

  7.2 Hypochlorite and low-tonnage chlorine electrolysers

  7.3 Electrodialysis

  7.4 The treatment of liquors containing dissolved chromium

  7.5 Electrolytic methods of phase separation

  7.6 Flue-gas desulphurization

  7.7 Other electrochemical processes

  Further reading

8 Metal finishing

  8.1 Electroplating

  8.2 Electroless plating

  8.3 Conversion coatings

  8.4 Electrophoretic painting

  8.5 Other related surface-finishing techniques

  Further reading

9 Metals and materials processing

  9.1 Electroforming

  9.2 Electrochemical machining

  9.3 Electrochemical etching

  Further reading

10 Corrosion and its control

  10.1 Fundamentals of corrosion

  10.2 The thermodynamics of corrosion

  10.3 The kinetics of corrosion reactions

  10.4 Corrosion problems in practice

  10.5 Corrosion prevention and control

  10.6 Corrosion problems in electrolytic processing

  10.7 Corrosion measurement and monitoring

  Further reading

11 Batteries and fuel cells

  11.1 Battery characteristics

  11.2 Battery specifications

  11.3 Evaluation of battery performance

  11.4 Battery components

  11.5 Present battery systems

  11.6 Batteries under development

  11.7 Fuel cells

  Further reading

12 Electrochemical sensors and monitoring techniques

  12.1 Electrochemical procedures

  12.2 Polarography to anodic stripping voltammetry

  12.3 Ion-selective electrodes

  12.4 Portable and on-line devices

  12.5 Electrochemical biosensors

  12.6 Electrochemical detector cells for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

  12.7 Miscellaneous

  Further reading

Index

Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Year of publication: 1993      Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 0-7514-0148-X                                                                     Order Form