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CONTENTS

PREFACE xi
ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS xiii

1 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS 1

1-1 Why Electroanalysis? = 1
1-2 Faradaic Processes = 3
1-2.1 Mass Transport-Controlled Reactions = 4
1-2.1.1 Potential Step Experiment = 7
1-2.1.2 Potential-Sweep Experiments = 8
1-2.2 Reactions Controlled by the Rate of Electron Transfer = 11
1-2.2.1 Activated Complex Theory = 16
1-3 The Electrical Double Layer = 18
1-4 Electrocapillary Effect = 22
Supplementary Reading = 25
References = 26
Questions = 26

2 STUDY OF ELECTRODE REACTIONS 28

2-1 Cyclic Voltammetry = 28
2-1.1 Data Interpretation = 30

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