sedimentation field strength

The potential difference E sed per unit length in a sedimentation or centrifugation cell. As the contributions of the interfacial potential differences at the electrodes are not included in E sed this quantity, although theoretically important, is not accessible to measurement.
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 620