{"id":872,"date":"2021-07-23T09:20:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T13:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/aperrott\/chapter\/introduction-34\/"},"modified":"2022-06-23T09:24:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T13:24:10","slug":"introduction-34","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/aperrott\/chapter\/introduction-34\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction","rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"raw":"&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3><strong>Learning Objectives<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Balancing Oxidation-Reduction Reactions<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Galvanic Cells<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Standard Reduction Potentials<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The Nernst Equation<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Batteries and Fuel Cells<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Corrosion<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Electrolysis<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"CNX_Chem_17_00_EVCharging\" class=\"splash\">\r\n<div class=\"bc-figcaption figcaption\">Electric vehicles are powered by batteries, devices that harness the energy of spontaneous redox reactions. (credit: modification of work by Robert Couse-Baker)<\/div>\r\n<span id=\"fs-idm189620448\" data-type=\"media\" data-alt=\"A photograph is shown of a parked car plugged into a charging station in a paved parking area. The parking area is situated in a wooded area. People are walking in the background in the park-like atmosphere.\"><img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/aperrott\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1463\/2021\/07\/CNX_Chem_17_00_EVCharging.jpg\" alt=\"A photograph is shown of a parked car plugged into a charging station in a paved parking area. The parking area is situated in a wooded area. People are walking in the background in the park-like atmosphere.\" data-media-type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p id=\"fs-idm9057728\">Another chapter in this text introduced the chemistry of reduction-oxidation (redox) reactions. This important reaction class is defined by changes in oxidation states for one or more reactant elements, and it includes a subset of reactions involving the transfer of electrons between reactant species. Around the turn of the nineteenth century, chemists began exploring ways these electrons could be transferred <em data-effect=\"italics\">indirectly<\/em> via an external circuit rather than directly via intimate contact of redox reactants. In the two centuries since, the field of <em data-effect=\"italics\">electrochemistry<\/em> has evolved to yield significant insights on the fundamental aspects of redox chemistry as well as a wealth of technologies ranging from industrial-scale metallurgical processes to robust, rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles (<a class=\"autogenerated-content\" href=\"#CNX_Chem_17_00_EVCharging\">(Figure)<\/a>). In this chapter, the essential concepts of electrochemistry will be addressed.<\/p>","rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<h3><strong>Learning Objectives<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Balancing Oxidation-Reduction Reactions<\/li>\n<li>Galvanic Cells<\/li>\n<li>Standard Reduction Potentials<\/li>\n<li>The Nernst Equation<\/li>\n<li>Batteries and Fuel Cells<\/li>\n<li>Corrosion<\/li>\n<li>Electrolysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"CNX_Chem_17_00_EVCharging\" class=\"splash\">\n<div class=\"bc-figcaption figcaption\">Electric vehicles are powered by batteries, devices that harness the energy of spontaneous redox reactions. (credit: modification of work by Robert Couse-Baker)<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"fs-idm189620448\" data-type=\"media\" data-alt=\"A photograph is shown of a parked car plugged into a charging station in a paved parking area. The parking area is situated in a wooded area. People are walking in the background in the park-like atmosphere.\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/aperrott\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1463\/2021\/07\/CNX_Chem_17_00_EVCharging.jpg\" alt=\"A photograph is shown of a parked car plugged into a charging station in a paved parking area. The parking area is situated in a wooded area. People are walking in the background in the park-like atmosphere.\" data-media-type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"fs-idm9057728\">Another chapter in this text introduced the chemistry of reduction-oxidation (redox) reactions. This important reaction class is defined by changes in oxidation states for one or more reactant elements, and it includes a subset of reactions involving the transfer of electrons between reactant species. Around the turn of the nineteenth century, chemists began exploring ways these electrons could be transferred <em data-effect=\"italics\">indirectly<\/em> via an external circuit rather than directly via intimate contact of redox reactants. In the two centuries since, the field of <em data-effect=\"italics\">electrochemistry<\/em> has evolved to yield significant insights on the fundamental aspects of redox chemistry as well as a wealth of technologies ranging from industrial-scale metallurgical processes to robust, rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles (<a class=\"autogenerated-content\" href=\"#CNX_Chem_17_00_EVCharging\">(Figure)<\/a>). In this chapter, the essential concepts of electrochemistry will be addressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1392,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-872","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":870,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/aperrott\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/aperrott\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/aperrott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/aperrott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/aperrott\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2017,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/aperrott\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/872\/revisions\/2017"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/aperrott\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/870"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/aperrott\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/872\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/aperrott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/aperrott\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=872"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/aperrott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=872"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/aperrott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}