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xxxvi NOMENCLATURE

Symbol Name SI unit
absolute mobility
conventional (electrochemical)
mobility of species i

KINETIC PARAMETERS
I electric current A
j
current density
rate constants
stoichiometric number of species i

STATISTICS AND OTHER MATHEMATICAL SYMBOLS

C(t) autocorrelation function
pair correlation function
probability distribution coefficient
I moment of inertia
probability
average value of variable x
mean square value of variable x
root-mean-square value of variable x
Laplace transform of y
fraction number, e.g. fraction of ions associated
error function
mean value of variable x

USEFUL CONSTANTS
Symbol Name Value
velocity of light
electron charge
F
h Planck’s constant
k Boltzmann’s constant
mass of electron
mass of proton
Avogadro’s number
permittivity of free space
absolute zero of temperature –273.15 °C
pi 3.14159...