Showing how to apply the theoretical knowledge in practice, the one and only compilation of electrochemical experiments on the market now in a new edition.
Maintaining its didactic approach, this successful textbook provides clear and easy-to-follow instructions for carrying out the experiments, illustrating the most important principles and applications in modern electrochemistry, while pointing out the potential dangers and risks involved.
This second edition contains 84 experiments, many of which cover electrochemical energy conversion and storage as well as electrochemical equilibrium.
Autorentext
Rudolf Holze is Full Professor of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry at the Institute of Chemistry at Chemnitz University of Technology. He finished his studies of chemistry at Bonn University with a diploma thesis on new cathode materials for lithium batteries. His doctoral thesis focused on impedance measurements at porous electrodes for energy conversion systems. As a postdoctoral fellow with E.B. Yeager at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, he studied transition metal complexes as electrocatalysts for fuel cells. Research interests include spectroelectrochemistry, electrochemical materials science (intrinsically conducting polymers, corrosion, functionalized electrode surfaces) and corrosion. He has published several books and more than 280 research papers and reviews. In editorial boards of various journals and as editor he is actively involved in scientific communication, including the organization of conferences and workshops.
Inhalt
Preface to the Second Edition ix
Preface to the First Edition xi
Foreword to the Second Edition xv
Symbols and Acronyms xvii
1 Introduction: An Overview of Practical Electrochemistry 1
Practical Hints 2
Electrodes 3
Measuring Instruments 6
Electrochemical Cells 7
Data Recording 9
2 Electrochemistry in Equilibrium 11
Experiment 2.1: The Electrochemical Series 11
Experiment 2.2: Standard Electrode Potentials and the Mean Activity Coefficient 15
Experiment 2.3: pH Measurements and Potentiometrically Indicated Titrations 20
Experiment 2.4: Redox Titrations (Cerimetry) 25
Experiment 2.5: Differential Potentiometric Titration 27
Experiment 2.6: Potentiometric Measurement of the Kinetics of the Oxidation of Oxalic Acid 30
Experiment 2.7: Polarization and Decomposition Voltage 34
Experiment 2.8: A Simple Relative Hydrogen Electrode 39
3 Electrochemistry with Flowing Current 43
Experiment 3.1: Ion Movement in an Electric Field 44
Experiment 3.2: Paper Electrophoresis 46
Experiment 3.3: Charge Transport in Electrolyte Solution 47
Experiment 3.4: Conductance Titration 51
Experiment 3.5: Chemical Constitution and Electrolytic Conductance 54
Experiment 3.6: Faraday's Law 56
Experiment 3.7: Kinetics of Ester Saponification 58
Experiment 3.8: Movement of Ions and Hittorf Transport Number 62
Experiment 3.9: Polarographic Investigation of the Electroreduction of Formaldehyde 68
Experiment 3.10: Galvanostatic Measurement of Stationary CurrentPotential Curves 72
Experiment 3.11: Cyclic Voltammetry 75
Experiment 3.12: Slow Scan Cyclic Voltammetry 82
Experiment 3.13: Kinetic Investigations with Cyclic Voltammetry 86
Experiment 3.14: Numerical Simulation of Cyclic Voltammograms 90
Experiment 3.15: Cyclic Voltammetry with Microelectrodes 92
Experiment 3.16: Cyclic Voltammetry of Organic Molecules 96
Experiment 3.17: Cyclic Voltammetry in Nonaqueous Solutions 102
Experiment 3.18: Cyclic Voltammetry with Sequential Electrode Processes 104
Experiment 3.19: Cyclic Voltammetry of Aromatic Hydrocarbons 107
Experiment 3.20: Cyclic Voltammetry of Aniline and Polyaniline 110
Experiment 3.21: Galvanostatic Step Measurements 115
Experiment 3.22: Cyclic Voltammetry of a Supercapacitor Electrode 118
Experiment 3.23: Chronoamperometry 121
Experiment 3.24: Chronocoulometry 122
Experiment 3.25: Rotating Disk Electrode 124
Experiment 3.26: Rotating Ring-Disk Electrode 130
Experiment 3.27: Measurement of Electrode Impedances 133
Experiment 3.28: Corrosion Cells 136
Experiment 3.29: Aeration Cell 138
Experiment 3.30: Concentration Cell 139
Experiment 3.31: Salt Water Drop Experiment According to Evans 141
Experiment 3.32: Passivation and Activation of an Iron Surface 142
Experiment 3.33: Cyclic Voltammetry with Corroding Electrodes 143
Experiment 3.34: Tafel Plot of a Corroding Electrode 145
Experiment 3.35: Impedance of a Corroding Electrode 148
Experiment 3.36: Linear Polarization Resistance of a Corroding Electrode 150
Experiment 3.37: Oscillating Reactions 152
4 Analytical Electrochemistry 155
Experiment 4.1: Ion-Sensitive Electrode 156
Experiment 4.2: Potentiometrically Indicated Titrations 158
Experiment 4.3: Bipotentiometrically Indicated Titration 163
Experiment 4.4: Conductometrically Indicated Titration 165
Experiment 4.5: Electrogravimetry 167
Experiment 4.6: Coulometric Titration 170
Experiment 4.7: Amperometry 172
Experiment 4.8: Polarography (Fundamentals) 178
Experiment 4.9: Polarography (Advanced Methods) 182
Experiment 4.10: Anodic Stripping Voltammetry 183
Experiment 4.11: Abrasive Stripping Voltammetr...