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Frequency-dependent electrical conductivity of concentrated dispersions of spherical colloidal particles
B H Bradshaw-Hajek1, S J Miklavcic, L R White
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Abstract:
This paper outlines the application of a self-consistent cell-model theory of electrokinetics to the problem of determining the electrical conductivity of a dense suspension of spherical colloidal particles. Numerical solutions of the standard electrokinetic equations, subject to self-consistent boundary conditions, are implemented in formulas for the electrical conductivity appropriate to the particle-averaged cell model of the suspension. Results of calculations as a function of frequency, zeta potential, volume fraction, and electrolyte composition, are presented and discussed.
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