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Published on: September 3, 2013
Cell model calculation for electrokinetic phenomena in concentrated suspensions: an Onsager relation between
1Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Institute of Colloid and Interface Science, Science University of Tokyo, Japan. ohshima@ps.kagu.sut.ac.jp
Abstract:
Cell model calculations for the electrophoretic mobility, electrical conductivity and sedimentation potential in concentrated suspensions of colloidal particles with low zeta potentials are reviewed with particular emphasis on an Onsager relation between sedimentation potential and electrophoretic mobility. A general Onsager relation is derived on the basis of the thermodynamics of irreversible processes. This relation, which involves the ratio of the electrical conductivity K* of the suspension to the conductivity Kinfinity in the absence of the particles, reproduces the Onsager relation derived from cell model calculations at low zeta potentials, where K*/Kinfinity becomes (1 - phi)/(1 + phi/2), phi being the particle volume fraction.
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