Electrochemistry history

W. Ostwald, Electrochemistry History and Theory, 2 vols, trans. N. P. Date, Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi, 1980 orig. German edition, 1896. 

Ref [i] Ostwald W (1896) Elektrochemie. Ihre Geschichte und Lehre. Veit, Leipzig (Engl transl Ostwald W (1980) Electrochemistry. History and theory, vol. 2. Amerind Publ Co, New Delhi)... 

Ostwald, W. Elektrochemie Ihre Geschichte und Lehre Veit Comp. Leipzig, 1896. Published in translation as Electrochemistry History and Theory by Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1980 for the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, Washington D.C. 

J. J. Berzelius, Textbook of Chemistry , 3rd edn., 1835. Account of his work given in W. Ostwald, Electrochemistry, History, and Theory , Verlag von Veit, Leipzig, 1896. Translation, Smithsonian Institution and National Science Foundation, Amerind, New Delhi, 1980, Vol. 1, pp. 323-335. 

This chapter is not a systematic account of the history of electrochemistry, nor does it give detailed descriptions of all the contributions made by numerous scientists who have worked in the field. The main objective of the chapter is to outline the most important milestones in the development of electrochemistry and to show the relationship between the development of electrochemistry and other sciences. At all stages of the development of electrochemistry, an intimate connection existed between the development of theoretical concepts and the discovery of methods for a practical application of electrochemical processes and phenomena. 

It would seem, at first glance, that the place of electrocapillarity ties in the history of electrochemistry rather than its future, since its application appears limited only to the mercury/electrolyte interface. However, the work of Sato and colleagues (1986, 1987, 1991) has very definitely placed the technique, or at least a development of it, very firmly at the frontiers again. 

Louis Kahlenberg s Opposition to the Theory of Electrolytic Dissociation. Proc. Symposium on Selected Topics in the History of Electrochemistry, Geo. Dubpernell and J.H. Westbrook, eds. (Proc. vol. 78-6, 1978, The Electrochem. Society, Princeton, N.J.)>pp. 299-312. 

See John Servos on the relation of physical chemistry to industry, in Physical Chemistry from Ostwald to Pauling. Also see G. Dubpemell and J. H. Westbrook, eds., Selected Topics in the History of Electrochemistry, Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society 78 (Princeton Electrochemical Society, 1978). 

Historical introductions to chemistry courses and citations in journal articles provided ample opportunity for scientists to trace family lines to suit the discipline-building task at hand and to set up a record for later historians. Ostwald made sure to settle his name into a progeny of physical chemists in his history of electrochemistry. Later, Ingold minimized the historical role of contemporary rivals by spare citations to work well known at the time. 

Dubpemell, George, and T. H. Westbrook, eds. Selected Topics in the History of Electrochemistry. Princeton The Electrochemical Society, 1978. 

Research the following information. Prepare a short presentation or booklet on the early history of electrochemistry. 

Nanomaterials and electrochemistry have a long shared history (e.g.,... 

The experimental practice of electrochemistry has a long history. For example, more than 200 years have passed since Volta first looked at the twitching of animal tissues in response to the application of an electric impulse. The literature of electrochemistry was huge even before the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (lUPAC) first deliberated in a systematic code of electrochemical symbols in 1953. Accordingly, many of the lUPAC recommendations will not be followed here. 

Crow, D. R., Principles and Applications of Electrochemistry, 4th Edn, Blackie Academic, Glasgow, 1994. This text has quite a long history now (first published in 1974). It is pleasure to read and is therefore recommended highly, both for potentiometric and voltammetric study. Some of its examples and self-assignment questions are ideal practise material. 

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