Electrochemistry. Electrochemistry is an area of chemistry that can be used for analytical purposes (e.g. stripping electrolysis and polarography etc.) or to investigate chemical reactions in solution (e.g. cyclic voltammetry etc.).The electrochemical process involves electron transfer between electrodes and an electrolyte and results in an oxidation/reduction processes (i.e. ‘redox’ reactions). In electrochemistry electrolytic ‘redox’ reactions involve the oxidation of one chemical group and the simultaneous reduction of another. Electrochemistry can also be employed as a concentration technique (e.g. the plating out of trace concentrations of metals from solution for analysis).

Further Information on this Topic can be found in the books of R.P.W. Scott by following the listed links