AbstractsChemistry

Determination of activity coefficients and transport numbers in strong solutions zinc chloride from electrometric measurements

by A. G. Harris




Institution: University of Canterbury
Department: Chemistry
Year: 1933
Record ID: 1316488
Full text PDF: http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8174


Abstract

In the electrolysis of a salt solution, the quantity of electricity carried by the cations in one direction is proportional to their speed u, and the quantity carried by the anions in the opposite direction is proportional to their speed v. Hence the total current carried is proportional to u – v. The fraction of the total current carried by the cation is [equation]; this fraction is called the transference or transport numbers of the cation. Similarly the transport number of the anion is [equation]. The sum of the anion and cation transport numbers is always equal to unity. There are three methods in use for the determination of transport numbers.