CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION

PART I.
ELECTROLYTIC PROCESSES.

CHAPTER I.
THEORETICS .......................................

1. Forms of Reaction .............................

2. Properties of Electrolytic Processes ...............

£. Significance of the Velocity of Reaction .............

4. Reaction Velocity and Specific Effect of Reducers and Oxidizers 13

5. Electrode Potential and Reaction Mechanism .......... " 14

6. Electrode Processes ........ ......... . , ....... ft

A. Cathodic Processes ...................... ...... 1 R

a. Unattackable and Attackable Cathodes. . ." .' " " " " ' ." .' . . " 18
6. Excess Potential and the Reduction Action. . . " . * ' * * " * 2Q
c. Concerning Substances Reducible with Difficulty. . . . 23

B. Anodic Processes ................ ..........

7. Theory of the Reaction Velocity in Electrolytic Processes. " . .* .* " 30

o. Diffusion Theory ........................

6. Osmotic Theory of Electrical Reduction. ..."." . ." . ] . ." " " 34

c. Summary of the Theories. ... ........ .......... 0-

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CHAPTER II.
MBTHODICS .................... . .........

1. The Cells. ..... ........ *

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2. Arrangement of Experiments and Measurements of Potential' " " AA

3. The Electrodes ............. . .................. **

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