From ???@0x00001FB5 Tue Apr 11 12:21:53 2000 Path: pitt.edu!newsflash.concordia.ca!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!dreaderd!not-for-mail Message-ID: Supersedes: Expires: 21 May 2000 18:15:45 GMT X-Last-Updated: 2000/03/28 From: Zoltan Nagy Newsgroups: sci.chem.electrochem,sci.chem.electrochem.battery,sci.answers,news.answers Followup-To: sci.chem.electrochem Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Organization: Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439 USA Subject: sci.chem.electrochem Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Originator: faqserv@penguin-lust.MIT.EDU Date: 07 Apr 2000 18:18:03 GMT Lines: 181 NNTP-Posting-Host: penguin-lust.mit.edu X-Trace: dreaderd 955131483 21243 18.181.0.29 Xref: pitt.edu sci.chem.electrochem:12169 sci.chem.electrochem.battery:7873 sci.answers:11646 news.answers:182436 Status: N Archive-name: electrochem/faq Posting-frequency: monthly Last-modified: March 28, 2000. ******************************************************************************* Frequently Asked Questions SCI.CHEM.ELECTROCHEM/ELETQM-L Revision date: March 28, 2000. This is a temporary and short TEST version of the FAQ, in preparation for breaking it up into three smaller files. The latest full version of this FAQ file is available through anonymous ftp to: ftp://electrochem.cwru.edu then click (change directory): pub and estir, filename: faq.txt Information included in this file is made available free for any legitimate use. However, a reference to this file will be appreciated. Essentially the same material is also available on WWW at the Electrochemical Science and Technology Information Resource (ESTIR) with URL of: http://electrochem.cwru.edu/estir/ ******************************************************************************* This Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) file will be periodically (about once a month) posted as information to new users and as a memory refresher to regular users. Corrections, additions, and suggestions for further information to be included in this file are welcome; send them to NAGY@ANL.GOV ******************************************************************************* Recently added: (10.) Closely related WWW sites, newsgroups, mailing lists, and FAQ files Institute of Polarography and Electrochemical Preparations (IPELP), Padova http://www.pd.cnr.it/ipelp.html Davy, H. http://www.ri.ac.uk/History/H.Davy/ and http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/ci/1992/Davy.html (11.) Upcoming electrochemistry meetings (01.2) 5th International Symposium on Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS 2001) Marilleva (Trento), Italy, June 17-22, 2001. Contact: Pier Luigi Bonora (Pierluigi.Bonora@ing.unitn.it) and (eis2001@ing.unitn.it) or http://www.ing.unitn.it/home_news.html (00.12) IBA MnO2 Symposium, Argonne, IL, USA. May 10-12, 2000 Contact: Michael Thackeray (thackeray@cmt.anl.gov) or http://www.cmt.anl.gov/IBAMnO2 (12.) Popular science information Corrosion W.H. Slabaugh, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp 218-220, April 1974. Electrodeposition of nickel on copper J. Manjkow, D. Levine, and S. Rowley, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 63, No. 9, p 809, September 1986. The aluminum can as electrochemical energy source T.A. Lehman, P. Renich, and N.E. Schmidt, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 70, No. 6, pp 495-496, June 1993. Climbing a potential ladder to understanding concepts in electrochemistry J.R. Runo and D.G. Peters, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 70, No. 9, pp 708-713, September 1993. Ionic conduction and electrical neutrality in operating electrochemical cells A.N. Ogude and J.D. Bradley, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 71, No. 1, pp 29-34, January 1994. A hommade lemon battery J.D. Worley and J. Fournier, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 65, No. 2, p 158, February 1988. Vegetable voltage and fruit "juice": an electrochemical demonstration R. Ensman, T.R. Hacker, R.A.D. Wentworth, and G. Parker, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 65, No. 8, p 727, August 1988. Electrochemical demonstrations with an overhead projector C.R. Ward, T.J. Greenbowe, and A. George, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 64, No. 12, pp 1021-1022, December 1987. Anodizing aluminum with frills A.E. Doeltz, S. Tharaud, and W.F. Sheehan, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp 156-157, February 1983. Galvanic cells and the standard reduction potential table D.O. Tanis, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 67, No. 7, pp 602-603, July 1990. Redox reactions and the electropotential axis A.J. Vella, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 67, No. 6, pp 479-481, June 1990. An effective approach to teaching electrochemistry V.I. Birss and D.R. Truax, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 67, No. 5, pp 403-409, May 1990. Alleviating the common confusion caused by polarity in electrochemistry P.J. Moran and E. Gileadi, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 66, No. 11, pp 912-916, November 1989. ******************************************************************************* CONTENTS (1.) Charter of SCI.CHEM.ELECTROCHEM (2.) SCI.CHEM.ELECTROCHEM available as the E-Mail list ELETQM-L (3.) (4.) (5.) Electrochemistry handbooks, data collections, bibliographies (6.) English language electrochemistry journals (7.) 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Popular science information SEARCH for (x.) to locate any item. ******************************************************************************** This is a temporary TEST version of the FAQ, in preparation for breaking it up into three smaller files. The latest full version of this FAQ file is available through anonymous ftp to: ftp://electrochem.cwru.edu then click (change directory): pub and estir, filename: faq.txt Information included in this file is made available free for any legitimate use. However, a reference to this file will be appreciated. Essentially the same material is also available on WWW at the Electrochemical Science and Technology Information Resource (ESTIR) with URL of: http://electrochem.cwru.edu/estir/