Journal of Physical Chemistry, Vol.99, No.14, 5089-5093, 1995
Transport of Ions Across Bipolar Membranes .1. Theoretical and Experimental Examination of the Membrane-Potential of KCl Solutions
A calculation method was derived for ionic transport across a bipolar membrane in dialysis systems of mixed salt solutions containing multivalent ions. The calculation of the total membrane potential in the solutions containing KCl alone by this method shows that the potential-salt concentration curve depends both on the direction of the arrangement of the membrane charged layers to the concentration gradient of the salt solutions and on the ratio of the charge densities of the two charged layers. The simulations based on experimentally determined parameters agree with the potential measurements for bipolar membranes produced so that the transport properties depend mainly on their charges.