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The presence of freely moving charges gives peculiar properties to
electrolyte solutions, such as electric conductance, charge
transfer, and junction potentials in electrochemical systems. These
charges play a dominant role in transport processes, by contrast
with classical equilibrium thermodynamics which considers the
electrically neutral electrolyte compounds. The present status of
transport theory does not permit a first prin ciples analys1s of
all transport phenomena with a detailed model of the relevant
interactions. Host of the models are still unsufficient for real
systems of reasonable complexity. The Liouville equation may be
adapted with some Brownian approximations to problems of interact
ing solute particles in a continuum (solvent>; however, keeping
the Liouville level beyond the limiting laws is an unsolvable task.
Some progress was made at the Pokker-Planck level; however, despite
a promising start, this theory in its actual form is still unsatis
factory for complex systems involving many ions and chemical reac
tions. A better approach is provided by the so-called Smoluchowski
level in which average velocities are used, but there the hydrodyna
mic interactions produce some difficulties. The chemist or chemical
engineer, or anyone working with complex electrolyte solutions in
applied research wants a general representa tion of the transport
phenomena which does not reduce the natural complexity of the
multicomponent systems. Reduction of the natural complexity
generally is connected with substantial changes of the systems."
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