Introduction electroanalysis

Among the various advantages of electroanalysis in general, as mentioned in the general introduction (p. XV), we can stress again, considering automation, the direct accessibility to electronic and hence automatic control even at a distance, simple automatic data treatment and simple insertation, if desired, into a process regulation loop. 

Brett, C. M. A. and Brett, A. M. O., Electroanalysis, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998. This text is a recent addition to the Oxford Primer Series and, as such, is affordable and good value for money. Although not long, it does provide a clear and concise introduction to electroanalysis. Probably on the difficult side for many undergraduates of analytical chemistry, but nevertheless is still worth a look. 

Riley, T. and Tomlinson, C., Principles of Electroanalytical Methods, ACOL Series, Wiley, Chichester, 1987. This is the first of the three Analytical Chemistry by Open Learning (ACOL) texts on electroanalysis (all of which are now out of print), and the lesser of the three in terms of quality, so few of today s readers will bother to search its pages now. It is nevertheless quite a good introduction to the field, although its age is showing quite badly. The lack of an index, together with other period features, detract from an otherwise readable book. 

Hitchman, M. L. and Hill, H. A. O., Electroanalysis and electrochemical sensors . Chemistry in Britain, 22, 1117-1124 (1986), provides a lively, general introduction to this subject, giving details of sensors based on potentiometry, such as ISEs, together with some historical background. 

They are applicable to electrodes of any shape and size and are extensively employed in electroanalysis due to their high sensitivity, good definition of signals, and minimization of double layer and background currents. In these techniques, both the theoretical treatments and the interpretation of the experimental results are easier than those corresponding to the multipulse techniques treated in the following chapters. Four double potential pulse techniques are analyzed in this chapter Double Pulse Chronoamperometry (DPC), Reverse Pulse Voltammetry (RPV), Differential Double Pulse Voltammetry (DDPV), and a variant of this called Additive Differential Double Pulse Voltammetry (ADDPV). A brief introduction to two triple pulse techniques (Reverse Differential Pulse Voltammetry, RDPV, and Double Differential Triple Pulse Voltammetry, DDTPV) is also given in Sect. 4.6. 

This chapter comprises a brief introduction to electrosynthesis, with reference to electroanalysis, a domain where, with physical electrochemistry, there have been striking developments from combination with ultrasound. Readers interested in the application of ultrasound at some other point in the electrochemical procedure, for example to clean electrodes prior to making up the cell, or in pretreatment of electrolytes, are directed towards a more extensive review of sono-electrochemistry. ... 

The book gives clear introductions to the theories of electron transfer and of diffusion in its early chapters. These are developed to interpret voltammetric experiments at macroelectrodes before considering microelectrode behaviour. A subsequent chapter introduces convection and describes hydrodynamic electrodes. Later chapters describe the voltammetric measurement of homogeneous kinetics, the study of adsorption on electrodes and the use of voltammetry for electroanalysis. 

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