1.Concentration - It is the defined as the
amount of a chemical species dissolved in the total volume of the
mixture.
Also, the chemical potential of the ideal solution would depend
on the concentration.
Acitivity - It is defined as the effective
concentration of a chemical species in the solution.
The Chemical potential of the species in a real solution depends
on the activity.
2.Advantages of
ISE
- ISE are simple and inexpensive with wide range of applications
and wide range of concentration ranges.
- It is useful in applications where only an order of the
magnitude concentration is required.
- It is an invaluable method for continuous monitoring of changes
in concentration.
- It is one of the very few techniques used for the measurement
of both the positive and the negative ions.
- It is unaffected by the color and turbidity.
Limitations of
ISE
- The problem of ion interference and the ion
selectivity is often experienced in the use of this method.
- The problem due to the other ions present in the solution than
the one measured causing the ionic strength of the samples be
significantly higher than that of standards leading to
incompatibilty between the calibration line and the measured
samples resulting in the errors in the interpolated results.