Teorell instability in concentration polarization

Ramadan Abu-Rjal, Leonid Prigozhin, Isaak Rubinstein, Boris Zaltzman

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Abstract

We investigate the development of electro-osmotic (Teorell) oscillations at a weakly charged microporous membrane without a preimposed transmembrane electrolyte concentration drop. This drop, necessary for the occurrence of oscillations, develops spontaneously as a result of concentration polarization in the solution layers adjacent to the membrane. A three-layer model comprising a membrane flanked by two diffusion layers is proposed and analyzed for galvano- and potentiostatic regimes of operation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number022305
JournalPhysical Review E
Volume92
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Aug 2015

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Statistics and Probability

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