Modern Electrochemistry: Ionics

VOLUME 1 MODERN ELECTROCHEMISTRY SECOND EDITION Ionics 7KLVSDJHLQWHQWLRQDOO\OHIWEODQN VOLUME 1 MODERN ELECTROCHEMISTRY SECOND EDITION Ionics John O’M. Bockris Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Texas A&M University College Station, Texas and Amulya K. N. Reddy President International Energy Initiative Bangalore, India KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS NEW YORK, BOSTON, DORDRECHT, LONDON, MOSCOW eBook ISBN: Print ISBN: 0-306-46909-X 0-306-45554-4 ©2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow Print ©1998 Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers New York All rights reserved No part of this eBook may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without written consent from the Publisher Created in the United States of America Visit Kluwer Online at: and Kluwer's eBookstore at: http://kluweronline.com http://ebooks.kluweronline.com To P. Debye and E. Hückel 7KLVSDJHLQWHQWLRQDOO\OHIWEODQN PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION This book had its nucleus in some lectures given by one of us (J.O’M.B.) in a course on electrochemistry to students of energy conversion at the University of Pennsylvania. It was there that he met a number of people trained in chemistry, physics, biology, metallurgy, and materials science, all of whom wanted to know something about electrochemistry. The concept of writing a book about electrochemistry which could be understood by people with very varied backgrounds was thereby engendered. The lectures were recorded and written up by Dr. Klaus Muller as a 293-page manuscript. A