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Electro-Osmosis in Squid Axons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

W. B. Stallworthy
W. B. Stallworthy
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Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada.
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When electro-osmosis is observed through a substance (or tissue) certain inferences can be made about the fine structure of the substance. These include the presence of a zeta potential whose sign is the same as that of the electrode towards which water moves, and the presence of interstices or channels large enough to allow ions to move through them and to sweep along more water molecules than those carried as hydration shells. Channels too large may permit both positive and negative ions to move or at least allow a counter flow of water to reduce the net (observable) movement of water molecules.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , May 1970 , pp. 349 - 363
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1970

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