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Published on: July 28, 2008
A theoretical study on the frequency-dependent electric conductivity of electrolyte solutions. II. Effect of
T Yamaguchi1, T Matsuoka, S Koda
1Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. tyama@nuce.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
The theory on the frequency-dependent electric conductivity of electrolyte solutions proposed previously by Yamaguchi et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 127, 234501 (2007)] is extended to include the hydrodynamic interaction between ions. The theory is applied to the aqueous solution of NaCl and the concentration dependence of the conductivity agrees well with that determined by experiments. The effects of the hydrodynamic and relaxation effects are highly nonadditive in the concentrated solution, because the hydrodynamic interaction between ions affects the time-dependent response of the ionic atmosphere. The decrease in the electric conductivity is divided into the contributions of ion pair distribution at various distances. The long-range ionic atmosphere plays a major role at the concentration as low as 0.01 mol/kg, whereas the contribution of the contact ion pair region is important at 1 mol/kg. The magnitude of the contribution of the contact ion pair region is scarcely dependent on the presence of the hydrodynamic interaction. The transport number of cation is calculated to be a decreasing function of concentration as is observed in experiments.
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