Theory of the Thermal Diffusion of Electrolytes in a Clusius Column
- 1 March 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 17 (3) , 310-313
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1747244
Abstract
A theory is presented which accounts approximately for the apparently anomalous difference between the thermal diffusion coefficients of an ion in the presence and in the absence of other electrolytes; the theory is based on the existence of an electric field parallel to the thermal gradient in the electrolyte as a consequence of the variation in mobility among the various ions present. It is pointed out also that some data on the behavior of electrolytes in a Clusius column are at variance with the Debye exponential law concerning the steady‐state distribution of solute.Keywords
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