Newman (chemical engineering, University of California-Berkeley) and Thomas-Alyea, who received a Phd in chemical engineering from the University of California-Berkeley, have made this third edition of a review of fundamental concepts of electrochemical engineering more accessible for readers across disciplines. More examples taken from real engineering problems are included in this edition, and there is expanded material on numerical simulation methods, the thermoelectric cell, and the temperature dependence of the standard cell potential. Coverage encompasses thermodynamics of electrochemical cells, electrode kinetics and other interfacial phenomena, transport processes in electrolytic solutions, and current distribution and mass transfer in electrochemical systems. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)