The length characterizing the decrease with distance of the potential in the double
layer = characteristic
Debye length in the corresponding electrolyte
solution
=
:
|
|
|
(rationalized four-quantity system)
|
|
|
|
(three-quantity electrostatic system)
|
where
= static
permittivity
=
,
= relative static
permittivity of solution;
=
permittivity of vacuum,
=
gas constant,
=
thermodynamic temperature,
=
Faraday constant,
= concentration of species
,
= ionic charge on species
.
Source:
PAC, 1972, 31, 577
(Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units, Appendix
II: Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry)
on page 619
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.
