This long awaited and thoroughly updated version of the classic  text (Plenum Press, 1970) explains the subject of electrochemistry in  clear, straightforward language for undergraduates and mature  scientists who want to understand solutions. Like its predecessor, the  new text presents the electrochemistry of solutions at the molecular  level. The Second Edition takes full advantage of the advances in  microscopy, computing power, and industrial applications in the  quarter century since the publication of the First Edition. Such new  techniques include scanning-tunneling microscopy, which enables us to  see atoms on electrodes; and new computers capable of molecular  dynamics calculations that are used in arriving at experimental  values.   Chapter 10 starts with a detailed description of what happens when  light strikes semi-conductor electrodes and splits water, thus  providing in hydrogen a clean fuel. There have of course been  revolutionary advances here since the First Edition was written. The  book also discusses electrochemical methods that may provide the most  economical path to many new syntheses - for example, the  synthesis of the textile, nylon. The broad area of the breakdown of  material in moist air, and its electrochemistry is taken up in the  substantial Chapter 12. Another exciting topic covered is the  evolution of energy conversion and storage which lie at the cutting  edge of clean automobile development. Chapter 14 presents from a fresh  perspective a discussion of electrochemical mechanisms in Biology, and  Chapter 15 shows how new electrochemical approaches may potentially  alleviate many environmental problems.

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