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<term>
  <id>09119</id>
  <title>ion-selective membrane</title>
  <longtitle>IUPAC Gold Book - ion-selective membrane</longtitle>
  <doi>10.1351/goldbook.09119</doi>
  <code>09119</code>
  <status>current</status>
  <definitions>
    <item>
      <id>1</id>
      <text>Membrane with controlled permeability to a particular ion covering an electrode, or separating two electrolyte solutions.</text>
      <notes>
        <item>The potential difference of an ion-selective electrode derives from differences in activity of an ion at each side of the membrane.</item>
      </notes>
      <links>
        <item>
          <term>heterogeneous crystalline membrane electrodes</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09109</url>
        </item>
        <item>
          <term>homogeneous crystalline membrane electrodes</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09108</url>
        </item>
        <item>
          <term>membranes with mobile charged sites</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09112</url>
        </item>
        <item>
          <term>non-crystalline membrane</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09110</url>
        </item>
        <item>
          <term>rigid, self-supporting, matrix membranes</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09111</url>
        </item>
      </links>
      <sources>
        <item>PAC, 2020, 92, 641. 'Terminology of Electrochemical Methods of Analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)' on page 664 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2018-0109)</item>
      </sources>
    </item>
  </definitions>
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  <citation>Citation: 'ion-selective membrane' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.09119</citation>
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  <accessed>2026-04-18T03:10:45+00:00</accessed>
</term>
