The distance from the electrode where the ratio
reaches a given value.
(
is the
interfacial concentration,
is the concentration,
is the value in the
bulk solution.) If this ratio is selected as, say, 0.99 the corresponding thickness
of the
diffusion layer is denoted by
.
Source:
PAC, 1981, 53, 1827
(Nomenclature for transport phenomena in electrolytic systems)
on page 1837
Cite as:
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.
