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. 2021 Nov 12;11:22150. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-00899-y

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Transitivity of Gibbs–Donnan factors: compartments 1 and 2, 2 and 4, and 1 and 3 are separated by identical permselective membranes; non-permeating charged species (np) are present in compartments 1 and 2 only. In equilibrium, the concentrations of permeating ions in compartments 3 and 4 are equal, Ci,4 = Ci,3. The Gibbs–Donnan factors for equilibrium between compartments with non-permeating species, compartment 1 vs. 2, can be calculated using Gibbs–Donnan factors for compartments without non-permeating species, 1 vs. 3 and 2 vs. 4: DFi,21 = DFi,31 /DFi,42. Symbols: Z charge number, C concentration, DF Gibbs–Donnan factor.