Experimental Electrochemistry 1st Edition

This is a great collection for anyone that wants to include electro chemistry in a high school or college. There is enough information for a person knowledgeable in chemistry to do any of the experiments. Not all of the details are in this book but it makes up for it by a wide coverage of topics. With the price of open source potentiostats coming down to under $100 (WheeStat and others) this open a wide collection to students. Even if you only have access to a simple volt meter there are interesting experiments that you can do with your students. Highly recommended.

It's almost impossible to find a laboratory textbook in electrochemistry written after 1920, and since then so many things have changed you might need an emeritus chemist to traslate it for you (that's why I start by giving this book PLUS TWO STARS).Also, for general chemistry electrochemical experiments are pretty easy to find, but that's not the case with other basic courses like organic, inorganic and physical chemistry.In the case of physical chemistry Shoemaker ( Experiments in Physical Chemistry ), Matthews ( Experimental Physical Chemistry ) and Athawale ( Experimental Physical Chemistry ) include some classical nice experiments, but they're just not enough and most of them emphasize the basic science aspects alone.In this book Holze manages to squeeze laboratory experiments for elementary, basic and intermediate (PLUS ONE STAR) electrochemistry, electroanalysis and electrosynthesis (PLUS TWO STARS) and in some of them also includes the applied science aspect of the experiment like corrosion and batteries (PLUS ONE STAR). You should really take a look at the table of contents.The MINUS ONE STAR comes from the book's lack of equipment diagrams and detailed instructions. It's more a guide for the instructors than a real laboratory textbook. Also, the book leaves behind all the possibilities of amalgam electrodes (and yes, the environmental issue can be a problem if your ignorance ocludes you from keeping them in good conditions) and some other do-it-yourself systems (MINUS ONE STAR).NOTE: You will probably need to complement this book with Sawyer's ( Electrochemistry for Chemists ), and in the case you're interested in amalgams you can look in any old preparative inorganic chemistry book like Brauer's ( Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry, Volume 1 and 2, Complete 2 Volume Set ).

This is supposed to be only a lab text, but if you were to follow its experiments and preferably perform them in the lab, you wouldn't need a classroom text. Very thorough coverage of most aspects of electrochemistry.

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