| Introduction to the Series |
| This series is designed to provide authoritative reviews in the field of modern electroanalytical chemistry defined in its broadest sense. Coverage is comprehensive and critical. Enough space is devoted to each chapter of each volume so that derivations of fundamental equations, detailed descriptions of apparatus and techniques, and complete discussions of important articles can be provided, so that the chapters may be useful without repeated reference to the periodical literature. Chapters vary in length and subject area. Some are reviews of recent developments and applications of well-established techniques, whereas others contain discussion of the background and problems in areas still being investigated extensively and in which many statements may still be tentative. Finally, chapters on techniques generally outside the scope of electroanalytical chemistry, but which can be applied fruitfully to electrochemical problems, are included. |
| Electroanalytical chemists and others are concerned not only with the application of new and classical techniques to analytical problems, but also with the fundamental theoretical principles upon which these techniques are based. Electroanalytical techniques are proving useful in such diverse fields as electro-organic synthesis, fuel cell studies, and radical ion formation, as well as with such problems as the kinetics and mechanisms of electrode reactions, and the effects of electrode surface phenomena, adsorption, and the electrical double layer on electrode reactions. |
| It is hoped that the series is proving useful to the specialist and non-specialist alikethat it provides a background and a starting point for graduate students undertaking research in the areas mentioned, and that it also proves valuable to practicing analytical chemists interested in learning about and applying electroanalytical techniques. Furthermore, electrochemists and industrial chemists with problems of electrosynthesis, electroplating, corrosion, and fuel cells, as well as other chemists wishing to apply electrochemical techniques to chemical problems, may find useful material in these volumes. |
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