Electrochemistry comprehensive notes

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These comprehensive Electrochemistry notes cover the following units and sessions:

• Unit one: Basic ideas of electrochemistry
  • Session 1: What electrochemistry is all about?
  • Session 2: Components of a cell
  • Session 3: Electrode and cell potentials
  • Session 4: The Nernst Equation
  • Session 5: Concentration Cells
  • Session 6: Batteries from chemical reactions
• Unit Two: Applications of electrochemistry and electrolysis
  • Session 1: Determination of some physical constants
  • Session 2: General principle of electrolysis
  • Session 3: Prediction of products of electrolysis
  • Session 4: Quantitative Aspects of Electrolysis
  • Session 5: Application of electrolysis in the extraction of metals
  • Session 6: Corrosion and prevention of corrosion using electrolysis
• Unit Three: The fundamentals of voltammery and polarography
  • Session 1: Basic concepts voltammetry
  • Session 2: Voltammetric instrumentation
  • Session 3: Hydrodynamic voltammetry and voltammograms
  • Session 4: Polarography
  • Session 5: Cyclic voltammometry
  • Session 6: Quantitative aspects of voltammetry and polarography
• Unit Four: Applied voltammetric techniques
  • Session 1: Detectors and sensors in voltammetry
  • Session 2: Amperometry and amperometric titrations
  • Session 3: Pulse voltammetry
  • Session 4: Square-wave voltammetry
  • Session 5: Stripping methods
  • Session 6: Applications of voltammetry in analytical chemistry
• Unit Five: Coulometric and electrogravimetric methods of chemical analysis
  • Session 1: Basic principles of electrogravimetry
  • Session 2: Basic principles of coulometry
  • Session 3: Controlled-Potential Coulometry
  • Session 4: Controlled-Current Coulometry
  • Session 5: Characterization and Quantitative Applications Coulometry
  • Session 6: Sample Quantitative Calculations
• Unit six: Potentiometric method of chemical analysis
  • Session 1: Membrane electrodes and the types
  • Session 2: Glass pH membrane electrode
  • Session 3: Uses of Ion-selective electrodes
  • Session 4: Selectivity and selectivity coefficients
  • Session 5: Quantitative potentiometric measurement
  • Session 6: Potentiometric titration