Solutions of Electrolytes and Diffusion in Liquids

Abstract

This review reffects the interests of the authors in that it deals principally with the topics of thermodynamics, conductance, and diffusion in electrolyte solutions. However it seemed desirable to include in the discussion of diffu­ sion data a treatment of diffusion in liquid systems generally, since the fundamentals of the problem are the same for both molecules and ions. Since the last issue of this Review did not include the usual section on electrolyte solutions, the coverage has been extended to include work published during 1955; on the other hand, delays in the arrival of journals from Europe and the United States have made it impossible to cover some of the later publica­ tions during 1956. The period under review has not been one of outstanding original ad­ vances, but substantial progress has nevertheless been made, particularly in the fields of ionic solvation and in the conductance of electrolytes in con­ centrated solutions and in nonaqueous and mixed solvents.