The theory of electrolytes. I. Freezing point depression and related phenomena (Translation)

Abstract

This document is an English translation and complete typesetting of a seminal paper in the field of electrolyte chemistry, written by Peter Debye and Erich Hückel in 1923, published in the journal Physikalische Zeitschrift. Researchers in the field of electrolyte chemistry may have read this paper in English, because there exists an extant English translation found in the collected papers of Debye, published in 1954 (Interscience Publishers, NewYork) and reprinted in 1988 (Ox Bow Press, Woodbridge, CT), that was completed by an unknown translator. That translation, unfortunately, contained several errors, somewhat outdated language, and both unclear terminology and inconsistent mathematical symbols. The "x" symbol was intended to describe the most important variable in the paper, but "small kappa" was mistranslated and (erroneously) carried forward in the literature. These and other errors have been corrected. ~ Michael J. Braus (2019)