Validity of the Boltzmann equation to describe Donnan equilibrium at the membrane-solution interface

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 442, Issue , 2013, Pages 131-139

  Galama, A H ^a,b   Post, J W ^a,c   Cohen Stuart, M A ^a   Biesheuvel, P M ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Donnan equilibrium; Donnan exclusion; Electrodialysis; Poisson Boltzmann theory; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN RELATION; DONNAN EQUILIBRIUM; DONNAN EXCLUSION; ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYERS; ION CONCENTRATIONS; MEAN-FIELD DESCRIPTION; NACL CONCENTRATION; POISSON-BOLTZMANN THEORY;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRODIALYSIS; EXPERIMENTS; GROUP THEORY; IONS; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

MEMBRANES;

COUNTERION; HYDROXIDE; PROTON; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; DESORPTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; GIBBS DONNAN EQUILIBRIUM; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDITY;

EID: 84877825385     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.04.022     Document Type: Article

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