In all measurements it is desirable that quantities like the charge and the capacity
be related to unit, true, surface area of the
interface. While this is relatively simple for a liquid-liquid
interface, there are great difficulties when one phase is solid. In any report of these quantities
it is essential to give a clear statement as to whether they refer to the true or
the apparent (geometric) area and, especially if the former is used, precisely how
it was measured.
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
