Gibbs-Donnan effect

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named after American Josiah Willard Gibbs who proposed it in 1878 and the British chemist Frederick G. Donnan who studied it experimentally in 1911.

Noun[edit]

Gibbs-Donnan effect (plural Gibbs-Donnan effects)

  1. (physical chemistry) The uneven distribution of charged particles across the two sides of a semipermeable membrane.

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