Electrochemical Methods

Scenario: An organic chemist at a chemical manufacturer has been asked to develop new electrochemical methods to solve problems relating to biologically active molecules for the company's line of agricultural chemicals and biocides. Having been out of college for a few years, the chemist would like a quick refresher on electrochemical methods. Knovel can help.

1. In the Search box on the Knovel Library home page enter the search phrase electrochemical methods. The query phrase entered means, "find any page of text or row of data from an interactive table where the words electrochemical and methods are both present somewhere on the same page or in the same row of data and are close to each other." Click the Search button.
   
   
   
2. Knovel's Search Results page shows 80 titles with hits that match our query. The first listed, with 100% relevancy, is Magnesium Technology - Metallurgy, Design Data, Applications, this issue's featured title. Click on the title name to open it.
   
   
   
3. The first result "Electrochemical Methods" looks like it may be just the ticket. Click on the Text (1) link next to it.
   
   
   
4. A new window opens, launching the Adobe Reader and opening the section for "Electrochemical Methods". The keywords we searched for are highlighted and Knovel jumps directly to the page and location where first instances of the keywords are found. This entry is an overview of electrochemical methods, providing our organic chemist with an excellent primer and refresher on the topic.