Electric sphere

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A number of refinements and applications are in the literature. Corrections may be made for discreteness of charge [36] or the excluded volume of the hydrated ions [19, 37]. The effects of surface roughness on the electrical double layer have been treated by several groups [38-41] by means of perturbative expansions and numerical analysis. Several geometries have been treated, including two eccentric spheres such as found in encapsulated proteins or drugs [42], and biconcave disks with elastic membranes to model red blood cells [43]. The double-layer repulsion between two spheres has been a topic of much attention due to its importance in colloidal stability. A new numeri-... 

Often the van der Waals attraction is balanced by electric double-layer repulsion. An important example occurs in the flocculation of aqueous colloids. A suspension of charged particles experiences both the double-layer repulsion and dispersion attraction, and the balance between these determines the ease and hence the rate with which particles aggregate. Verwey and Overbeek [44, 45] considered the case of two colloidal spheres and calculated the net potential energy versus distance curves of the type illustrated in Fig. VI-5 for the case of 0 = 25.6 mV (i.e., 0 = k.T/e at 25°C). At low ionic strength, as measured by K (see Section V-2), the double-layer repulsion is overwhelming except at very small separations, but as k is increased, a net attraction at all distances... 

Since taking simply ionic or van der Waals radii is too crude an approximation, one often rises basis-set-dependent ab initio atomic radii and constnicts the cavity from a set of intersecting spheres centred on the atoms [18, 19], An alternative approach, which is comparatively easy to implement, consists of rising an electrical eqnipotential surface to define the solnte-solvent interface shape [20],... 

The PCM algorithm is as follows. First, the cavity siuface is determined from the van der Waals radii of the atoms. That fraction of each atom s van der Waals sphere which contributes to the cavity is then divided into a nmnber of small surface elements of calculable surface area. The simplest way to to this is to define a local polar coordinate frame at tlie centre of each atom s van der Waals sphere and to use fixed increments of AO and A(p to give rectangular surface elements (Figure 11.22). The surface can also be divided using tessellation methods [Paschual-Ahuir d al. 1987]. An initial value of the point charge for each surface element is then calculated from the electric field gradient due to the solute alone ... 

Unless extremely high potentials are to be used, the intense electric fields must be formed by making the radius of curvature of the needle tip as small as possible. Field strength (F) is given by Equation 5.1 in which r is the radius of curvature and k is a geometrical factor for a sphere, k = 1, but for other shapes, k < 1. Thus, if V = 5000 V and r = 10 m, then, for a sphere, F = 5 x 10 V/m with a larger curvature of, say, Iff m (0.1 mm), a potential of 500,000 V would have to be applied to generate the same field. In practice, it is easier to produce and apply 5000 V rather than 500,000 V. 

R = factor for electrical relaxation D = dielectric constant of medium F = factor for size of spheres and = zeta potential. 

The term electrophoresis refers to the movement of a soHd particle through a stationary fluid under the influence of an electric field. The study of electrophoresis has included the movement of large molecules, coUoids (qv), fibers (qv), clay particles (see Clays), latex spheres (see Latex technology), basically anything that can be said to be distinct from the fluid in which the substance is suspended. This diversity in particle size makes electrophoresis theory very general. 

Although the nylons are not generally considered as outstanding electrical insulators, their toughness and, to some extent, their temperature resistance, have led to applications in coil formers and terminal blocks. Indeed, the new nylon 46 materials would appear to be of particular interest here. Acetal resins, polysulphones, modified PPO and polycarbonates, however, present a challenge to applications in this sphere. 

The Electrical A nalogue of Magnetic Cooling. Three Processes bg Which Ions Are Introduced into Solution.. 1 Polar Dielectric in an Electrostatic Field. The Concepts of Faraday and Maxwell. The Electrostatic Energy in the Fields of Ions. The. Charging of a Condenser. The Amount of Free Energy Lost, by a Dielectric. The Behavior of Solvents in an Electrostatic Field. A Dielectric in the Field of a Charged Sphere. Two Types of Process Contrasted. 

When we deal with any spherical atomic ion in a vacuum, we may regard it as a charge sphere of radius a bearing a charge + or —q. We shall find that the correct expression for the total energy in the field is obtained by integrating (3) over all space outside the sphere. The electrical capacity of any spherical conductor is equal to its radius. The work to place a charge + or — q on this sphere is... 

When an ion is in a solvent, the energy associated with its ionic field, being sensitive to the environment, is sensitive to the temperature of the solvent, as we saw in (19). On the other hand, quantum-mechanical forces will be relatively insensitive to the temperature of the solvent. The electrical analogue of magnetic heating and cooling arises entirely, or almost entirely, from the interaction between the ion and the solvent in its co-sphere. 

In discussing the loss of entropy in an electric field, we may consider a charged sphere immersed either in an alcohol or in a dioxane-water mixture. In (19) in Sec. 8 we obtained an expression for the total amount... 

This time the two spheres move apart—they repel each other When both spheres are given electric charge from the battery post labeled P-, they repel instead of attract. In Figure 5-7 we... 

It is known that electric charges attract or repel each other with a force that is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. If two spheres like those in the electrometer (Figure 5-7) are negatively charged, what would be the change in the force of repulsion if the distance between them were increased to four times the original distance ... 

The first detailed model of the atom, proposed by J. J. Thomson in 1898, was based upon the expectation that the atom was a sphere of positive electricity in which electrons were embedded like plums in a pudding. This picture of the atom was not particularly satisfying because it was not useful in predicting or explaining the chemical properties of the atom. Finally, in 1911, a series of experiments performed in the McGill University laboratory of Ernest Rutherford showed that Thomson s picture of the atom had to be abandoned. 

Outer sphere coordination of organic molecules to electrically neutral metal complexes. V. M. Nek-ipelov and K. I. Zamarawu, Coord. Chem. Rev., 1985,61,185 (136). 

The extent of the agreement of the theoretical calculations with the experiments is somewhat unexpected since MSA is an approximate theory and the underlying model is rough. In particular, water is not a system of dipolar hard spheres.281 However, the good agreement is an indication of the utility of recent advances in the application of statistical mechanics to the study of the electric dipole layer at metal electrodes. 

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