Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry No. 8
This volume continues the development of the Modern Aspects series in the electrochemical field. The series is now 18 years old, and it is relevant to note the degree of evolution that electro chemistry has undergone during this time, for it affects the
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS G.BLYHOLDER Department of Chemistry University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA J. WOJTOWICZ Technical University Warsaw, Poland Present address: Atlantic Industrial Research Institute Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada A. A. HUMFFRAY Chemistry Department University of Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria, Australia LAZARO J. MANDEL Department of Physiology Ynle University New Hnven, Connecticut, USA A. T. KUHN Chemistry Department The University of Salford Salford, Lancashire, UK
MODERN ASPECTS OF ELECTROCHEMISTRY No.8 Edited by
J. O'M. BOCKRIS
School of Physical Sciences The Flinders University Adelaide South Australia
and
B. E. CONWAY
Department of ChemistTY UniveTsity of Otta~va Ottawa, Ontario
~PLENUM PRESS· NEW YORK ·1972
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 54-12732 ISBN-13: 978-1-4615-7442-2 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4615-7440-8 DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4615-7440-8 ©
1972 Plenum Press, New York
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1972 A Division of Plenum Publishing Corporation 227 West 17th Street, New York, N.Y. 10011
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Preface This volume continues the development of the Modern Aspects series in the electrochemical field. The series is now 18 years old, and it is relevant to note the degree of evolution that electrochemistry has undergone during this time, for it affects the character of the articles chosen. The trend is towards development of interdisciplinary areas of electrochemical science, with full stress upon the many directions of applications of knowledge of electrode processes. The degree of import which should be attached to electrochemical science arises from the changes in technology which must be made during the next few decades. These clearly involve a massive electrification and the gradual elimination of the present fossil fuel economy, for both ecological and economic reasons. Research on the fundamental aspects of the field-slow in development to a modern standard-must be promulgated, but its justification is the provisionofa basis for the needed future electrochemical technology. One vast area of potential application of electrochemical concepts is omitted by the present attitude. It is, of course, the electro biological aspect, perhaps, finally, the largest area of all for fruitful applications. These concepts are reflected in the editors' choice of chapters. Quantum mechanical descriptions of surfaces must be bravely faced. Oscillatory aspects of electrochemical systems are often met in nature and demand attention at a fundamental level. Organic electrochemistry is in an ascending phase. With the electro biological v
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article, we hope to stimulate a beginning of electrodic applications in this area. Finally, the article on some electrochemical aspects of pollution is a reminder that electrochemical science is not only at the center of future questions concerning energy shortage, and possibly an important part of energy
