This book presents a concise overview of recent progress in electrochemical stripping methods of analysis. Discussion of the various topics, although not comprehensive, is well supported with many references and numerous easy to read tables. Chapter 1 discusses the thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of metal electrodeposition, nucleation and electrodissolution. The next chapter describes briefly the different types of stripping techniques, the associated analytical signals and the most common interferences.
Chapter 3 summarises the range of electrodes, including chemically modified electrodes, and some of the electrochemical celI designs currently available. The first part of chapter 4 describes the methods for deposition and concentration of metals used prior to the stripping step. The second part presents many examples of applications of electrochemical stripping techniques to the analysis of industrial, environmental and biological materials.
The last two chapters are dedicated to what the authors call stripping electroanalytical chemistry of solids. This is a welcome addition since the subject is not usually included in similar books. Treatment of the area is divided into phase analysis (chapter 5) and examination of specific features of the structure of solids (chapter 6). In these methods the test substance is used as the working electrode in either pure form or dispersed into a carbon paste electrode. Processes investigated include redox reactions, chemisorption and crystallization.