Preferred Label : electrified interphase;
IUPAC definition : An interphase between phases containing free charged components which are usually
accumulated or depleted in the surface region thus giving rise to net charges on the
phase. This definition includes the special case when the net charge on each of the
phases reduces to zero. Charged components may or may not cross the interface between
two phases, so that interphases may be divided into the limiting types unpolarizable
and polarizable, respectively. Ideally unpolarizable interphases are those for which
the exchange of common charged particles between the phases proceeds unhindered. Ideally
polarizable interphases are those for which there are no common components between
the phases or the exchange of these is hindered. This condition may arise as a result
of the equilibrium conditions or from the kinetics of charge transfer and leads to
an interphase which is impermeable to electric charge. Real interphases may approach
more or less well one of these idealized cases. Polarisibility or non-polarisibility
is not an absolute property of an interphase but depends on a number of conditions,
e.g. time scale of the experiment.;
Origin ID : E01939;
See also
An interphase between phases containing free charged components which are usually
accumulated or depleted in the surface region thus giving rise to net charges on the
phase. This definition includes the special case when the net charge on each of the
phases reduces to zero. Charged components may or may not cross the interface between
two phases, so that interphases may be divided into the limiting types unpolarizable
and polarizable, respectively. Ideally unpolarizable interphases are those for which
the exchange of common charged particles between the phases proceeds unhindered. Ideally
polarizable interphases are those for which there are no common components between
the phases or the exchange of these is hindered. This condition may arise as a result
of the equilibrium conditions or from the kinetics of charge transfer and leads to
an interphase which is impermeable to electric charge. Real interphases may approach
more or less well one of these idealized cases. Polarisibility or non-polarisibility
is not an absolute property of an interphase but depends on a number of conditions,
e.g. time scale of the experiment.
