Solvent composition dependence of the voltage generation and the electric pulse formation in the water–nitrobenzene–water liquid membrane system

Abstract

An experimental set-up consisting of a hollow glass tube and a beaker has been used to form a water–nitrobenzene–water three-phase system in a beaker. This system, with surfactant dissolved in one of the two aqueous phases and picric acid in the organic phase generated electric pulses. The voltage generated between the two aqueous phases was accelerated by reducing the distance between them and was dependent on the concentration ratio of the surfactant and the picric acid. Changes in the mode of the electric pulses were brought about by changing the concentration ratio of the surfactant and the picric acid.