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Liquid Junction Potentials
Liquid Junction
Potentials. Solutions of different concentrations, or those
containing different substances, when in contact across a junction, develop a
potential across the interface called a junction potential. This concentration-potential
results from different ions having different migrating rates due to their size,
weight and shape differences. Such potentials develop across all solution
interfaces and will depend on the ionic mobility’s and the concentration
gradients involved.