Front Cover -- Environmental Electrochemistry: Fundamentals and Applications in Pollution Abatement -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1 -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Some Definitions and Classification of Pollutants -- 1.3. Environmental Media and Pollutant Transport -- 1.4. Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology of Common Pollutants - A Primer -- 1.5. Current Methods for Pollutant Analyses -- 1.6. Current Methods for Pollutant Treatment -- 1.7. Electrochemical Technology and the Environment -- 1.8. Summary -- References -- Supplementary Reading -- Chapter 2 -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Current, Charge, and Potential -- 2.3. Charge and Mass Transport -- 2.4. Electrode/Electrolyte Interfaces and Electrochemical Cells -- 2.5. Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Electrochemical Systems -- 2.6. Electroanalytical Chemistry -- 2.7. Electrolysis and Electrodeposition -- 2.8. Mass Transport Under Forced Convection in an Electrochemical Cell -- 2.9. Electrochemical Reactor Design -- 2.10. Electrokinetic Phenomena -- 2.11. Semiconductor Electrochemistry -- 2.12. Photoemission at Metal Electrodes -- 2.13. Instrumentation -- 2.14. Summary -- References -- Supplementary Reading -- Chapter 3 -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Electrochemistry of Organic Pollutants -- 3.3. Electrochemistry of Inorganic Pollutants -- 3.4. Summary -- References -- Supplementary Reading -- Chapter 4 -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Flow Injection Analysis -- 4.3. Potentiometric Sensors -- 4.4. Amperometric-Coulometric and Voltammetric-Polarographic Detection in Flow Systems -- 4.5. Amperometric Sensors for Environmental Pollutants: Some Examples -- 4.6. Amperometric Gas Sensors -- 4.7. Stripping Analyses: Specialized Aspects -- 4.8. Direct Voltammetric (or Polarographic) Determination of Pollutants -- 4.9. Electrochemistry as an Auxiliary Tool to Atomic Spectroscopies.

4.10. Conductivity Detectors -- 4.11.Photoassisted Detection of Pollutants -- 4.12. Summary -- References -- Supplementary Reading -- Chapter 5 -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Positive Features of Electrochemical Remediation -- 5.3. Direct Electrolysis of Pollutants -- 5.4. Indirect Electrolysis of Pollutants -- 5.5. Electroflotation, Electrocoagulation, and Electroflocculation -- 5.6. Electrochemical Remediation of Gaseous Pollutants -- 5.7. Membrane-Assisted Processes -- 5.8. Electrokinetic Processing of Soil -- 5.9. Emerging Materials for Electrochemical Treatment of Pollutants -- Summary -- References -- Supplementary Reading -- Chapter 6 -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Photolysis of H2O2 and O3 and Generation of éaq -- 6.3. Destruction of Organics as Mediated by OH and éaq -- 6.4. Direct Photodissociation of the Pollutant -- 6.5. Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Examples of Application of the UV-H2O2 System -- 6.6. Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms, and Examples of Application of the UV-O3 System -- 6.7. The UV-H2O2-O3 Process -- 6.8. UV-H2O2 and UV-O3 Systems: Practical Considerations -- 6.9. Heterogeneous Photocatalysis -- 6.10. Summary -- References -- Chapter 7 -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Water Disinfection: Background and Principles -- 7.3. Electrochemical Disinfection of Water -- 7.4. Disinfection by High-Energy Radiation -- 7.5. UV Disinfection of Water -- 7.6. Photoelectrochemical Disinfection of Air and Water -- 7.7. Electrochemical Detection and Enumeration of Microorganisms -- 7.8. Summary -- References -- Supplementary Reading -- Chapter 8 -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Commercial Vendors of Electrochemical Equipment and Accessories -- 8.3. Electrochemical Sensors of Environmental Pollutants: Commercialization Efforts -- 8.4. Electrochemical Reactors for Pollutant Treatment and Chemical Recycling.

8.5. Advanced Oxidation Processes: Pilot and Field Tests and Commercialization Efforts -- 8.6. Water Disinfection Technology -- 8.7. Summary -- References -- Appendix A: Abbreviations, Acronyms, Symbols, and Notation -- Appendix B: Physical Constants, Units and Unit Conversions, and Reference Electrode Potentials -- Appendix C: Selected Standard Reduction Potentials in Aqueous Media at 25° C -- Appendix D: Companies Marketing Electrochemical Technologies and Accessories for Pollution Sensors and Pollution Abatement.