Electrophoretic mobility measurements on highly charged sulfonate/styr
ene latices have been performed to test the validity of the relaxation
term associated with the theory of O'Brien and White (J. Chem. Sec. F
araday Trans. 2 1978, 74, 1607). This theory links the electrophoretic
mobility of a particle to the potential of the plane of shear. Good c
orrelation with the theoretically predicted maximum mobilities and exp
erimental observations has been observed.