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Effect of boundary conditions on the character of ambipolar diffusion in electrolytes
Author(s) -
I. Chikina,
V. B. Shikin,
A. A. Varlamov
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
physical review e
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-2376
pISSN - 1539-3755
DOI - 10.1103/physreve.92.012310
Subject(s) - ambipolar diffusion , electric field , diffusion , cuvette , electrolyte , character (mathematics) , relaxation (psychology) , boundary value problem , diffusion process , condensed matter physics , statistical physics , chemical physics , materials science , physics , thermodynamics , mathematics , electron , optics , quantum mechanics , computer science , geometry , psychology , social psychology , knowledge management , innovation diffusion , electrode
PREInternational audienceWe discuss the details of ambipolar relaxation of the electric field in liquid asymmetric electrolytes to its stationary value. It is demonstrated that the account for finite boundary conditions modifies the existing concepts of this diffusion process. In particular, we succeeded to suggest a qualitatively correct explanation of the observed distribution of the electric fields over the bulk of the cuvette and its nonmonotonic behavior in measurements on the finite-size cuvette. We analyze the conditions of such an anomaly at the intermediate stages of the relaxation proces

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