Title: perfectly polarized interphase
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - perfectly polarized interphase
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.P04490
Status: current

Definition
Differences from the behaviour of interphases containing only neutral species arise when the interphase may be described as perfectly polarized. This term is used when no charged component is common to both phases adjoining the interphase. This may arise as a result of the equilibrium conditions or from the kinetics of charge transfer and leads to an interphase impermeable to electric charge.

Related Terms
- electric charge: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/E01923
- interphases: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/I03118

Source
- PAC, 1983, 55, 1251. 'Interphases in systems of conducting phases (Provisional)' on page 1260 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198355081251)

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Citation: Citation: 'perfectly polarized interphase' 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.P04490
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