Electrochemistry

by Wesley R. Browne

The renowned Oxford Chemistry Primers series, which provides focused introductions to a range of important topics in chemistry, has been refreshed and updated to suit the needs of today's students, lecturers, and postgraduate researchers. The rigorous, yet accessible, treatment of each subject area is ideal for those wanting a primer in a given topic to prepare them for more advanced study or research. Moreover, cutting-edge examples and applications throughout the texts show the relevance of the chemistry being described to current research and industry.

The learning features provided, including questions at the end of every chapter and online multiple-choice questions, encourage active learning and promote understanding. Furthermore, frequent diagrams, margin notes, further reading, and glossary definitions all help to enhance a student's understanding of these essential areas of chemistry.

This brand new addition to the series provides the most accessible first introduction to electrochemistry, combining explanation of the fundamental concepts with practical examples of how they are applied in a range of real-world situations.

Online resources

The online resources that accompany Electrochemistry

For

- Multiple-choice questions for self-directed learning

- Online tutorials to explain difficult concepts

For registered adopters of the

- Figures from the book available to download

Genres: Chemistry

152 pages, Paperback

Published February 19, 2019

Reviews

[AlexBlokhuis]

I got Browne's Electrochemistry as a stepping stone, to more easily slide into the classics like Bard and Faulkner's "Electrochemical methods".

For this purpose, I found the primer to be ideally suited. It covers a lot of ground in ~100 pages and gives a mechanistic picture of electrochemistry in an accessible manner. I particularly like how certain questions are anticipated, such as "the order of half reactions" and "polarization". The "further reading" section is very instructive for deepening these discussions with more specialized texts.

That being said, the first edition could use another round of revision to get rid of the typo's in equations, chemical formulas and phrases, which already pop up in the preface of the book and can occasionally be very confusing.

[Romy Stevens]

This book did such a good job of teaching me electrochemistry that I was then able to start noticing small mistakes. This book explained the fundamentals of charges and electrodes really well. The chapters were ordered in a logical way to build up understanding. However, there were lots of small mathematical errors and typos. The impedance section also explains the physical effects well but the mathematics of imaginary numbers may need some re-evaluation of the intermediate calculation steps.

[Brian Ng]

Has a lot of assumed knowledge. Useful if you already know the topic.