Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry [Paperback]

1 Transport Models For Ion-Exchange Membranes.- I. Introduction.- II. Solution of Ion-Exchange Problems Using the Nernst-Planck Equation for Ion Transport.- 1. Phenomenological Equations.- 2. Literature Review of Electrokinetic Models Employing a Membrane Microstructure.- 3. Specific Adsorption.- 4. Variation of the Dielectric Constant and Viscosity and Hydration Effects.- 5. The Structure of Ion-Exchange Membranes.- 6. Macroscopic Approaches to the Modeling of Ion-Exchange Membranes Using the Nernst-Planck Equation.- III. Transport Models Based on Irreversible Thermodynamics.- 1. Development of Membrane Flux Equations.- 2. The Kedem-Katchalsky and Spiegler Transport Models.- 3. Simulation of Membrane Transport Processes.- IV. Experimental Methods for Membrane Analyses.- 1. Equilibrium Experiments.- 2. Transport Experiments.- 3. Indirect Methods for Determining the Binary-Interaction Parameters.- V. Conclusions.- Notation.- References.- 2 Iron and Its Electrochemistry in an Active State.- I. Introduction.- 1. Corrosion Potential and Corrosion Current.- 2. Methods for Measuring Corrosion Rates.- II. Hydrogen Evolution Reaction on Iron.- 1. Kinetic Parameters and Reaction Mechanisms.- 2. Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Iron Deposition.- 3. Experimental Measurements of pH near the Electrode Surface.- 4. Absorption of Hydrogen and Hydrogen Embrittlement.- III. Electrochemical Reduction of Oxygen and Its Influence on the Anodic Dissolution of Iron.- IV. Cathodic Deposition of Iron.- V. Anodic Dissolution of Iron.- 1. Acid Solutions.- 2. Transient Phenomena.- 3. Influence of Anions on Dissolution Kinetics.- 4. Neutral Solutions.- 5. Alkaline Solutions.- VI. Anomalous Dissolution of Iron.- VII. Conclusions.- References.- 3 Theory of the Effect of Electrodeposition at a Periodically Changing Rate on the Morphology of Metal Deposits.- I. Basic Definitions.- 1. Reversing Current.- 2. Pulsating Current.- 3. Alternating Current Superimposed on Direct Current.- 4. Pulsating Overl³e