In case a very thin spacer commercially available is inserted between the ion exchange membranes of the electrodialytic equipment, it is often difficult to place the spacer closely to the ion exchange membrane because the thickness of the spacer is thinner than that of the gasket of the ion exchange compartment.
Therefore, this study was made to investigate the influence of the presence of some space on both sides of the spacer upon the limiting current density of the electrodialytic equipment. And the current density was measured under the presence of various spacings between the ion exchange membrane and the spacer by using a few finds of spacers.
It was found that the value of the limiting current density in the electrodialytic equipment when some space between the ion exchange membrane and the spacer was present, was smaller than that when the ion exchange comprtment was filled with spacers.
As the result of this study, the authors have proposed in this paper an equation of the limiting current density in the electrodialytic equipment for three different cases; firstly when the ion exchange compartment is filled with spacers, secondly when it is not provided with spacers, and thirdly when some space between the ion exchange membrane and the spacer is present.
The limiting current densities obtained by this equation were in good agreement with the results of those measured experimentally regardless of the textile of a spacer. Therefore, it was evident that the value of the limiting current density in the electrodialytic equipment could be estimated by the above equation for all the cases mentioned above.
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