Chapter 3: In Bulk Electrolytes: Ionics

Starting from this chapter, we discuss Ionics, i.e. the knowledge about how ions interact with each other and with solvent molecules in an electrolyte solution, and the quantities that define the basic properties of an electrolyte, such as the dielectric constant of the solvent and electrolyte, solvation sheath structure and solvation number of ions, ionic strength, activity coefficient, and the departure of practical electrolytes from ideality.