1 Retrospect. - 1. The First Contributions. - 2. Earlier Concepts. - 2 Perspective. - 3 Methods of Investigation. - 1. Electrochemical Methods. - 2. Optical Methods. - 3. Surface and Solution Preparation. - 4 Basic Models of the Atomic Movements Which Lead to Deposition. - 1. A Definition. - 2. Mechanism of Interfacial Charge Transfer. - 3. The Alternative Paths for Metal Deposition. - 4. What Happens to the Hydration Sheath During the Atomic Movements Between Arrival in the Double Layer and Building into the Lattice?. - 5. Is Charge Transfer to all Types of Sites on the Metal Surface Equally Probable?. - 6. Can Two-Electron Transfers Take Place?. - 7. Adatom or Adion?. - 8. Path and Rate-Determining Step in Deposition: Theoretical Indications. - 5 Transients. - 1. Origin of Transient Measurements in Metal Deposition Studies. - 2. The Mehl and Bockris Analysis. - 3. Better Approximations in the Analysis of Transients. - 6 Discussion of Some Basic Questions Concerning Path and Rate-Determining Step. - 1. The Charge-Transfer Step. - 2. The Two Paths: Via the Surface or Directly to Kink Sites. - 3. The Generality of Rate Control by the Charge-Transfer Step at High Current Densities. - 4. Under Surface-Diffusion Control Deposition Does Take Place Preferentially Near a Growth Site. - 7 Deposition and Dissolution Kinetics as a Function of the Initial Substrate. - 1. Variation of the Activity of a Surface with Time. - 2. The Effect of the Potential Dependence of the Activity of the Emergent Dislocations on the Kinetics of Deposition. - 3. The Effect of Change of Concentration of Emergent Dislocations in the Initial Substrate. - 8 Why Do Some Crystals Grow in Filamentary Shapes?. - 1. Crystal Growth Dendritic Growth and the Study of the Mechanism of Electrocrystallization. - 2. Facts about DendriticGrowth on Electrodes. - 3. Mechanism of Dendritic Growth. - 9 Mechanistic Aspects of Morphology. - 1. Preliminary Observations. - 2. Some Forms Observed. - 3. The Potential Dependence of the Growth Form. - 4. Impurity Effects on Morphology. - 5. Texture. - 10 Kinematics of Step Propagation. - 1. A Necessary Methodology. - 2. Microsteps. - 3. Macrosteps. - 4. Facts of Macrostep Movements. - 5. Determination of the Origin of Microsteps. - 6. The Instability of Bunches of Microsteps in the Absence of Impurities. - 7. Impurity Adsorption Theory of Bunching. - 8. Mechanism of the Propagation and Fading of Macrosteps. - 11 Effect of Adsorbed Substances upon Electrocrystallization. - 1. Facts. - 2. Adsorption of Inhibitors at Electrified Interfaces. - 3. Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Adsorption. - 4. Mechanisms of Inhibition. - 12 The Theory of the Electrochemical Leveling and Brightening of Surfaces. - 1. Factors Affecting Current Distribution. - 2. Leveling. - 3. Bright Electrocrystallization. - 13 Electrocrystallization and Crystallization from the Gas Phase. - 14 Prospects. - References. Language: English