Bjerrum length needed to see phase separation in room temp.
Value | >=40 Å |
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Organism | Generic |
Reference | Yan Levin, Electrostatic correlations: from plasma to biology, Reports on progress in physics, 65 (2002) pp.1577–1632 doi: 10.1088/0034-4885/65/11/201 p.1585 3rd paragraph |
Comments | For water, such large values of ?B correspond to temperatures well below freezing. An alternative is to work with organic solvents which have dielectric constants significantly lower than water. |
Entered by | Uri M |
ID | 106406 |