Title: streaming current
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - streaming current
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.S06049
Status: current

Definition
The electric current \(I\) flowing in a streaming cell if the electrodes, which are supposed to be ideally depolarized, are short-circuited. \(I\) is positive if the current in the membrane, plug, etc., is from high to low pressure side (and in the outside lead from low to high pressure side).

Related Terms
- electric current: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/E01927
- membrane: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/MT06878

Source
- PAC, 1972, 31, 577. 'Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units, Appendix II: Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry' on page 620 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac197231040577)

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Citation: Citation: 'streaming current' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.S06049
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