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The word electrochemistry derives from the terms electricity and chemistry. It applies to a scientific discipline as well as to a sector of industry. Ordinary dictionaries define it as the science which describes the interactions between chemistry and electricity, or the chemical phenomena that are coupled with reciprocal exchanges of electric energy.
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Lefrou, C., Fabry, P., Poignet, JC. (2012). Basic notions. In: Electrochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30250-3_1
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