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Contents

Chapter I

A CRITIQUE OF THE ADDITIVITY PRINCIPLE FOR MIXED
COUPLES

Michael Spiro

I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
II. The Additivity Principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
III. Earlier Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
IV. Selected Corrosion and Electroless Plating Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
V. Heterogeneous Catalysis of Redox Reactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
VI. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Chapter 2

VOLTAIC CELLS IN ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND SURFACE
CHEMISTRY OF LIQUIDS

Zbigniew Koczorowski

I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
II. Electrified Interfaces and Their Electrical Potentials . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
III. Volta Potential and Voltaic Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
IV. Experimental Methods for Investigating Voltaic Cells . . . . . . . . . . . 20
V. Volta Potential of the Metal/Solution Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
VI. Real Potentials of Ions in Electrolyte Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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VII. Real Ion Activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
VIII. Real Potentials of Ions in Solid Electrolytes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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