"Dealing with electrode potentials and their applications, this primer focuses on understanding the foundations of electrochemistry and how it can be applied to practical problems. Includes important information on a variety of subjects in electrochemistry including equilibrium constants, Gibbs Energy, enthalpy and entropy changes of chemical reactions, and activity coefficients Extensive problems and worked examples New to this edition: An introduction to batteries and fuel cells ; Additional bibliographic notes on historical founders and modern influencers of electrochemistry ; Frost and Latimer diagrams ; Enhanced discussion of diffusion and transport ; Industrial electro-synthetic processes."--Nakladatelská anotace