Counterions Terms Links

The (1 - ( )p Na)np term is used to account for the difference in the equilibrium of simple salt with a linear polyelectrolyte and its cross-linked gel analog [60]. The release of territorially bound counterion from the polyion domain to the solution leads to a gain of negative and positive charges, respectively, by the solvent sheath of the polyelectrolyte and the salt solution. Whereas the two separate phases in the gei/salt system remain electroneutral, this is not the case with the linear polyelectrolyte/salt system. This difference is resolved, however, in the development of the... 

Examination of these two papers in chemical terms can classify the basic forms described in a fashion consistent with the foregoing discussion. They are all unit reactions and of course include all the forms discussed in the last section. In the earlier paper the 12 quoted R-matrices include chemical examples, the first two with only two electrons, the basic H-F H+ q- F and R-Li -F H+ R-H + Li+, which become simple four-cycles with no shell if the ions are linked to their counterions. Seven of the remaining ten numbered examples are the monocyclic basic forms of Figure 1, with four and six moving electrons, and they may be denoted with standard linear notations of shell and atom types, as follows ... 

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