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Modern aspects of electrochemistry, no 3.
Ele*rochimicaActa. 1966.Vol. 11,p. 737. Pcrpmon prtssLtd. R’hted in NorthernIteland
BOOK REVIEW
Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry, No 3. Edited Butterworths, London (1964) pp. ix + 455.
by J. O’M. Bockris
and B. E. Conway.
THE third volume of this series well lives up to the high reputation gained by its predecessors for up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of a few selected fields. Sacher and Laidler discuss theories of homogeneous electron-transfer reactions (42pp.). Conway gives a very full account (106pp.) of proton solvation and proton-transfer processes in solution; some of the ideas will be helpful to those considering proton transfer in solids, a field treated briefly along with proton transfer in melts. Frumkm and Damaskin give a masterly summary (75 pp.) of our knowledge-at least in the “pure” electrochemical field-of adsorption of organic compounds at electrodes. Bockris and Damjanovic provide the 6rst comprehensive account of metal-electrodeposition theory (123 pp.), giving welcome attention to the implications of metal physics, for so long neglected by electrochemists, and keeping algebra in its proper place. Gileadi and Conway consider the behaviour of intermediates in electrochemical “catalysis’‘-by which they mean electrode reactions in which the substrate electrode is unchanged-in the concluding review (96 pp.). All the reviews (except the first) lean heavily on the original work of the respective authors, but are none the worse for that. If one thinks personally that the review by the Russians is the most valuable, that is partly because it assembles so much of their work in a form linguistically accessible to non-Russian readers. Generally, all electrochemists will need to read this book, and many metallurgists, engineers and chemical engineers ought to. The book is well produced and splendid value for money. We must look forward to the next in five years’ time. T. P. HOAR
737
BOOK REVIEW
Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry, No 3. Edited Butterworths, London (1964) pp. ix + 455.
by J. O’M. Bockris
and B. E. Conway.
THE third volume of this series well lives up to the high reputation gained by its predecessors for up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of a few selected fields. Sacher and Laidler discuss theories of homogeneous electron-transfer reactions (42pp.). Conway gives a very full account (106pp.) of proton solvation and proton-transfer processes in solution; some of the ideas will be helpful to those considering proton transfer in solids, a field treated briefly along with proton transfer in melts. Frumkm and Damaskin give a masterly summary (75 pp.) of our knowledge-at least in the “pure” electrochemical field-of adsorption of organic compounds at electrodes. Bockris and Damjanovic provide the 6rst comprehensive account of metal-electrodeposition theory (123 pp.), giving welcome attention to the implications of metal physics, for so long neglected by electrochemists, and keeping algebra in its proper place. Gileadi and Conway consider the behaviour of intermediates in electrochemical “catalysis’‘-by which they mean electrode reactions in which the substrate electrode is unchanged-in the concluding review (96 pp.). All the reviews (except the first) lean heavily on the original work of the respective authors, but are none the worse for that. If one thinks personally that the review by the Russians is the most valuable, that is partly because it assembles so much of their work in a form linguistically accessible to non-Russian readers. Generally, all electrochemists will need to read this book, and many metallurgists, engineers and chemical engineers ought to. The book is well produced and splendid value for money. We must look forward to the next in five years’ time. T. P. HOAR
737