Pressure is always compressive

HW 7 (14.12.16)
1. Which statement is false about osmotic pressure?
A) Osmotic pressure can be defined as the hydrostatic pressure that is required to raise
the chemical potential of the solvent in a solution at some pressure P to equal the
chemical potential of the pure solvent at the same pressure P.
B) Forces will arise between charged surfaces when the total ion concentration
between them is different from the total ion concentration in the bulk due to
osmotic pressure.
C) The vant Hoff law is to osmotic pressure is the same as the ideal gas law is for
gases.
D) In terms of the electrostatic double layer, the important point is the contribution of
ions to the osmotic pressure.
E) Osmotic pressure can be related to the dilute concentration.
2. According to given information, which one does not reflect the truth?
A) The electrostatic potential at the plane of shear is called as the zeta potential.
B) The electrostatic double layer force depends on the surface potential.
C) The electrophoretic mobility is a function of the particle size, which is known
from Hckel Approximation.
D) Electrophoresis is commonly used to measure the surface potential of colloidal
particles.
E) Electrophoresis is a motion of a charged particle in response to an applied electric
field.
3. Which one cannot be true about electrokinetic phenomena?
A) The distribution of ions consists of a counter ion layer that is tightly adsorbed to
the surface, which is also known as Stern layer.
B) In the limiting case of thin double layers, the relative motion of fluid past the
particle surface can be treated as rectilinear flow over a flat plate.
C) Electrophoresis can be used to separate particles, including proteins.
D) In electroosmosis, the flow is parabolic because of no slip condition.
E) The zeta potential can be determined by measuring the slope of Q (volumetric flow
rate) vs. I (electrical current in the circuit).
4. What is electrostatic double layer? Explain both layers features.

The distribution of ions consists of a counterion layer that is tightly adsorbed to the
surface. This is known as the Stern layer. Outside the Stern layer, the ions are mobile in
solution this is the diffuse layer. The double layer then consists of the Stern layer + the
diffuse layer.
5. What are the limiting cases for electrostatic double layers? Explain the results.
a) Hchel limit (a 0.1) : the electrophoretic mobility is not a function of particle
size.
b) Helmholtz-Smoluchowski Limit (100 a) : Because the double layer is so thin
relative to the particle radius, the relative motion of fluid past the particle surface can
be treated as rectilinear flow over a flat plate.
6. Using Stokes theory derive mobility for a spherical charge. (drag coef. = f =6 a
f =6 a , F el=qE , F v =fv , F el=F v , qE=fv , u=v / E

v=

qE
q
, mobility of a spherical charge u=
f
6 a