electric double layer

noun

: a region existing at the boundary of two phases and assumed to consist of two oppositely charged layers (such as a layer of negative ions adsorbed on colloidal particles that attracts a layer of positive ions in the surrounding electrolytic solution)

called also Helmholtz double layer

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