Editing Electrochemical potential (section)

== Conflicting terminologies ==

It is common in electrochemistry and solid-state physics to discuss both the [[chemical potential]] and the electrochemical potential of the [[electron]]s. The definitions of these two terms are sometimes swapped,<ref>{{cite book|title=Solid State Physics|author1=Ashcroft|author2=Mermin|page=593}}</ref> but this is rare and most sources use the convention described in this article.<ref>{{cite book|title=Electrochemical Methods|author1=Bard|author2=Faulkner|edition=2nd|chapter=Section 2.2.4(a),4-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Introduction to solid-state theory|first=Otfried|last=Madelung|year=1978|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yK_J-3_p8_oC&pg=PA198|page=198|publisher=Springer |isbn=9783540604433}}</ref> 

The term ''electrochemical potential'' is sometimes used to mean an [[electrode potential]] (either of a corroding electrode, an electrode with a non-zero net reaction or current, or an electrode at equilibrium). In some contexts, the electrode potential of corroding metals is called "electrochemical corrosion potential",<ref>{{cite thesis|last=Grover |first=D. J. |url=https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/39772/37471582-MIT.pdf?sequence=2 |title=Modeling water chemistry and electrochemical corrosion potential in boiling water reactors |publisher=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] |date=1996 }}</ref> which is often abbreviated as ECP, and the word "corrosion" is sometimes omitted. This usage can lead to confusion. The two quantities have different meanings and different dimensions: the dimension of electrochemical potential is energy per mole while that of electrode potential is voltage (energy per charge).