Cover

Contents

Foreword

Preface

1 Introduction

1.1 Definition

1.2 The cell

1.3 Electrode processes

1.4 Voltammetric currents

1.4.1 Diffusion currents

1.4.2 Kinetic and catalytic currents

1.4.3 Capacitive currents

1.4.4 Adsorption currents

References

2 Techniques

2.1 Direct current polarography

2.1.1 The diffusion current

2.1.2 Reversible processes: the half-wave potential

2.1.3 Irreversible processes

2.1.4 Polarographic maxima

2.1.5 Selectivity and sensitivity limitations

2.2 Amperomety

2.3 Linear sweep and cyclic voltammetry

2.4 Pulse techniques

2.4.1 Square-wave polarography

2.4.2 Square-wave voltamrnetry

2.4.3 Normal pulse polarography and voltammetry

2.4.4 Differential pulse polarography and voltammelry

2.5 Alternating current polarography and voltammetry

2.5.1 Tensammetry

2.6 Chronopotentiometry

References

3 Stripping analysis

3.1 Electrochemical stripping techniques

3.2 Voltammetric stripping

3.2.1 Electrolytic accumulation

3.2.2 Adsorptive accumulation

3.3 Chronopotentiometric stripping analysis

3.3.1 Data presentation

3.4 Potentiometric stripping analysis

References

4 Practical aspects

4.1 Sources of error

4.2 Sample preparation

4.3 Supporting electrolytes

4.4 Voltammetric cells

4.5 Electrodes

4.5.1 Reference electrodes

4.5.2 Working electrodes

4.5.3 Micro-electrodes

4.5.4 Modified electrodes

4.6 Instrumentation and automation

4.7 Evaluation and calculation

References

5 Flow-through techniques

5.1 Amperometric and voltammetric flow-through detection

5.2 Flow-through stripping voltammetry

Reference

6 Applications: inorganic species

6.1 Polarographic methods

6.2 Stripping voltammetry

6.3 Amperometric methods

References

7 Applications: organic species

7.1 Polarographic and voltammetric methods

7.2 Stripping methods

7.3 Amperometric methods

7.4 Flow-through detectors

References

8 Appendices

Appendix 1 lnorganic species—water samples

Appendix 2 lnorganic species—biological and medical samples

Appendix 3 lnorganic species—agricultural, industrial and other samples

Appendix 4 Organic species—general

Appendix 5 Organic species—biological and medical samples

Appendix 6 Abbreviations

Appendix 7 Internet addresses of instrument suppliers

References

Index

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