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diffusion layer (concentration boundary layer)diffusionless transition
diffusion layer thickness
Defined by the equation:
Math - e
where Math - text is the diffusion coefficient, Math - text is the heterogeneous diffusion rate constant, Math - text is the Faraday constant, Math - text is the concentration, Math - text is the geometric area of the electrode, Math - text is the limiting current and Math - text is the charge number of the cell reaction.
Source:
PAC, 1974, 37, 499 (Electrochemical nomenclature) on page 513
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Cite as: IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Electronic version, http://goldbook.iupac.org/D01726.html.
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/D01726.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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