
55-1
Electrochemical analysis in liquid solutions is concerned with the measurement of electrical quanti-
ties,
su
ch
as po
tential,
cu
rrent,
an
d
ch
arge,
to ga
in
in
formation
ab
out
th
e
co
mposition
of th
e
so
lution
and the reaction kinetics of its components. e main techniques are based on the quantitative deter-
mination of reagents needed to complete a reaction or the reaction products themselves. Four tra-
ditional
me
thods
of el
ectrochemistry
ar
e
de
scribed
he
re
(F
igure
55.1)
:
po
tentiometry,
vo
ltammetry,
coulometry, and conductometry. Potentiometry implies the measurement of an electrode potential
in a system in which the electrode and the solutio ...