Electrochemistry, Past and Present

Papers presented at a symposium in Toronto, June 1988, trace the development of the field from the 1800 discovery that hydrogen and oxygen come from water to the flashlight batteries and cheap throw- away alumnimum of today. The 39 chapters discuss the major events and technologies of classical and fundamental electrochemistry, electrosynthesis, electroanalytic chemistry, industrial electrochemistry, electrode systems, and pH measurement. Contains information otherwise not collected, so of interest to science historians as well as specialists. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR