Applied Electrochemistry Classic Reprint

Download or read book Applied Electrochemistry (Classic Reprint) written by Maurice de Kay Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-26 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Applied Electrochemistry The following book was written to supply a need felt by the author in giving a course of lectures on Applied Electrochemistry in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. There has been no work in English covering this whole field, and students had either to rely on notes or refer to the sources from which this book is compiled. Neither of these methods of study is satisfactory, for notes cannot be well taken in a subject where illustrations are as important as they are here; and in going to the original sources too much time is required to sift out the essential part. It is believed that, by collecting in a single volume the material that would be comprised in a course aiming to give an account of the most important electrochemical industries, as well as the principal applications of electrochemistry in the laboratory, it will be possible to teach the subject much more satisfactorily. The plan adopted in this book has been to discuss each subject from the theoretical and from the technical point of view separately. In the theoretical part a knowledge of theoretical chemistry is assumed. Full references to the original sources have been made, so that every statement can be easily verified. It is thought that this will make this volume useful also as a reference book. An appendix has been added, containing the more important constants that are needed in electrochemical calculations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.