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MEMBRANE equilibria, involving a macromolecule, impermeable through the membrane, and a permeable salt, were first investigated by Donnan1. He found that at equilibrium the salt was unevenly distributed between the two sides of the membrane, and he advanced a theory to explain the effect. Since then this effect has been intensively examined, first especially with proteins, later even with linear polyelectrolytes.
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VINK, H. Donnan Equilibria in Polyelectrolyte Solutions. Nature 200, 258–259 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/200258a0
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