Meanings
nounGibbs-Donnan effect (plural Gibbs-Donnan effects)
plural Gibbs-Donnan effects
- physicalchemistryThe uneven distribution of charged particles across the two sides of a semipermeable membrane.
Origin
Named after American Josiah Willard Gibbs who proposed it in 1878 and the British chemist Frederick G. Donnan who studied it experimentally in 1911.
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