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Molar conductivityMolar conductivity is defined as the conductivity of an electrolyte solution divided by the molar concentration of the electrolyte, and so measures the efficiency with which a given electrolyte conducts electricity in solution. Its units are siemens per meter per molarity, or siemens meter-squared per mole. The usual symbol is a capital lambda, Λ, or Λm. Additional recommended knowledgeHistoryFriedrich Kohlrausch established that to a high accuracy in dilute solutions, molar conductivity is composed of individual contributions of ions. This is known as the law of independent migration of ions.[1] DescriptionFrom its definition, the molar conductivity is given by[2]: where
For strong electrolytes, such as salts, strong acids and strong bases, molar conductivity is only weakly dependent on concentration and, to a good approximation, fits to[3] where
In contrast, Kohlrausch showed that the molar conductivity is strongly concentration dependent for weak (incompletely dissociated) electrolytes; the more dilute a solution, the greater its molar conductivity, due to increased ionic dissociation. (This, for example, is the case of proteins in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.) The limiting molar conductivity can be decomposed into contributions from the different ions (law of independent migration of ions): where
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