Moving chemical reaction boundary and isoelectric focusing (III) - Comparisons between the transference numbers of H+ in the acids HBr, HCl and HI, and OH- in the alkali KOH

In the previous report, it was inferred that the quasi/equal transference n umbers of hydrogen and hydroxyl ions exist in stationary electrolysis and S vensson's isoelectric focusing (IEF). The purpose of the report is to prove this inference. Based upon some basic physical chemistry data, the transfe rence numbers of H+ in HBr, HCl and HI solutions and of OH- in KOH solution were compared by the relative judgment expressions (R-r) defined from the moving chemical reaction boundary equation (MCRBE). The results manifest th at even the limited values of R-r, for the reaction electrolyte systems of HCl-KOH, HBr-KOH, HI-KOH and H2SO4-KOH are quite high (0.07-0.14), as compa red with those limited values (0.02-0.03) for the reaction electrolytes of HCl-NaOH, HBr-NaOH, HI-NaOH and H2SO4-NaOH, however one can conclude that t he quasi/equal transference numbers of H+ and OH- exist in the systems of H Cl-KOH, HBr-KOH, HI-KOH and H2SO4-KOH, when the system should not be dilute d infinitely. Thus the findings demonstrate the inference-the existence of quasi/equal transference numbers of hydrogen and hydroxyl ions in stationar y electrolysis and Svensson's IEF.