Elaborate factors affecting electrophoretic mobility
Q.4.(c) Elaborate factors affecting electrophoretic mobility.
Ans.4. (c) Electrophoretic Mobility
The migration rate ʋ of an ion (cm/s) in an electric field is equal to the product of the field strength E (V cm-1) and the electrophoretic mobility µe (cm2V-1s-1). That is,
ʋ = µeE
Electrophoretic mobility, µe = E/ʋ
The electrophoretic mobility is in turn proportional to the ionic charge on the analytic and inversely proportional to frictional retarding factors.
Factors affecting Electrophoretic Mobility: