| Introduction |
| Electrochemistry, as the name
suggests, is a branch of chemistry that combines
chemical reactions that induce electrical effects
and vice versa. In short electrochemistry deals
with electrical energy interchanging with chemical
energy. It involves either the use of an oxidation–reduction
reaction to produce an electric current or the
use of an electric current to produce an oxidation–reduction
reaction. |
| The importance of Electrochemistry,
in the history of discoveries in Physics and
Chemistry, is immense, to say the least. Had
it not been for the voltaic cell, where there
was a controlled source of electrical charge,
discoveries in electricity (and magnetism) would
perhaps have been delayed. Many new metals and
non-metals were isolated and collected solely
because of electrolysis of compounds and solutions
were possible with a voltaic cell. |
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