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CONTENTS

Nomenclature ............................ xxxiii

CHAPTER 1

ELECTROCHEMISTRY

1.1. A State of Excitement ........................ 1
1.2. Two Kinds of Electrochemistry ................... 3
1.3. Some Characteristics of Electrodics ................. 5

1.4. Properties of Materials and Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 6
1.4.1. Interfaces in Contact with Solutions Are Always Charged ......... 6
1.4.2. The Continuous Flow of Electrons across an Interface: Electrochemical
Reactions ..................................... 8
1.4.3. Electrochemical and Chemical Reactions ........................ 9
1.5. The Relation of Electrochemistry to Other Sciences .......... 12
1.5.1. Some Diagrammatic Presentations ....................... 12
1.5.2. Some Examples of the Involvement of Electrochemistry in Other Sciences 13
1.5.2.1. Chemistry. ............................. 13
1.5.2.2. Metallurgy. ............................ 13
1.5.2.3. Engineering. ........................... 15
1.5.2.4. Biology. ............................. 15
1.5.2.5. Geology. ............................. 15
1.5.3. Electrochemistry as an Interdisciplinary Field, Distinct from Chemistry .. 15
1.6. The Frontier in Ionics: Nonaqueous Solutions ........... 16
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