Electrochemical Reactions During Isoelectric Focusing and Their Role in Establishment of the pH Gradient

Autor: Valentin Lozanov, Vanio Mitev, Cyrill Naydenov, E. Kirazov, Ludmil Kirazov
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Chromatographia. 69:887-895
ISSN: 1612-1112
0009-5893
Popis: The process occurring as the background to IEF is electrolysis of water. During IEF the yield of water ions decreases, following a non-linear relationship similar to that of the current. Different extents of acidification and basification of the electrode solutions, causing a drift of the pH gradient, were observed. We derived a relationship underlying this process which enables calculation of the electrode current. By using a novel approach we showed that the sum of the pH of distilled water electrode solutions at the end of the IEF process tends to the ionic product of water.
Databáze: OpenAIRE