Process in which water is transported across the thickness of an
anion-
exchange or
cation-exchange
membrane under an applied electric
field.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 1479
(Terminology for membranes and membrane processes (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 1488
This definition replaces an earlier definition of electro-osmosis.
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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).
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