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Extension of a classic thin double layer polarization theory of colloidal suspensions to include the stagnant layer
1Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Avenida Independencia 1800, (4000) San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. cgrosse@herrera.unt.edu.ar
Abstract:
A rigorous extension of the classic Dukhin-Shilov thin double layer polarization theory including the stagnant layer conductivity is presented. Precisely the same assumptions and approximations made in the original theory are maintained, and the same adsorption isotherms are used as in most of the existing numerical calculations. The obtained analytical results improve upon existing approximate extensions, mainly for low surface conductivities and high surface potentials and for high surface conductivities and low surface potentials. Moreover, they avoid the assumption that all the adsorbed ions in the stagnant layer must have a single sign. Finally, they present a very good agreement with numerical calculations specifically made using the same system parameters.
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