The number of effective charges of colloidal particles was determined for polystyrene-based polymer latices by transference measurement. The fraction of free counterions (f) was surprisingly low and appeared to decrease with the analytical valency; the f values were about 0.1 for a latex having 1.7×104 SO3H groups per particle. A more highly charged latex (with 7.2×105 sulfonate groups) had f values of about 0.04. These values are definitely smaller than those reported for soluble polyelectrolytes (about 0.4).
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