01/11/2019 SThe Electric Double Layer

The Electric Double Layer

Development of a nett charge at the particle surface affects the distribution of ions in the surrounding interfacial region,
resulting in an increased concentration of counter ions (ions of opposite charge to that of the particle) close to the surface
Thus an electrical double layer exists round each particle

An electrical double layer exists around each

particle.
The liquid layer surrounding the particle exists as two
parts; an inner region (Stern layer) where the ions
are strongly bound and an outer (diffuse) region
where they are less firmly associated
Within this diffuse layer is a notional boundary known
as the slipping plane, within which the particle acts as
a single entity
The potential at this boundary is known as the Zeta
Potential

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