Ion-exchange properties of the gel layer
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Bo Karlberg
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Article
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1973
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Elsevier Science
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The gel layer develops on an electrode glass on its first contact with water. This hydration process has been shown to involve both an ion exchange of the alkali metal ions in the bulk glass with hydrogen ions from the aqueous solution and a rupture of the silicon-oxygen bonds by reaction with water