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Electrophoresis vs Electrokinesis - What's the difference?

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Electrophoresis is a related term of electrokinesis.


As nouns the difference between electrophoresis and electrokinesis

is that electrophoresis is the migration of electrically charged molecules through a medium under the influence of an electric field while electrokinesis is (physics) the transport of particles or fluid by means of an electric field acting on a fluid which has a net mobile charge.

electrophoresis

English

Noun

  • the migration of electrically charged molecules through a medium under the influence of an electric field
  • a method for the separation and analysis of large molecules (such as proteins) by migrating a colloidal solution of them through a gel; gel electrophoresis

    • electrokinesis

    English

    Noun

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  • (physics) The transport of particles or fluid by means of an electric field acting on a fluid which has a net mobile charge.
  • *{{quote-journal, 2008, Nunes da Rocha et al., Mobilisation of bacteria in a fine-grained residual soil by electrophoresis, doi=10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.04.022, Journal of Hazardous Materials
    • , passage=These results demonstrate that electrokinesis can be used for bacteria transport in soils with low hydraulic conductivity, even against the electro-osmotic flow.}}
  • (fantasy, science fiction) The generation of electrical force using the mind alone.
  • *{{quote-book, 2008, A. Lee Martinez, The Automatic Detective citation
    • , passage=But Grey's electrokinesis and Greenman's telekinesis put me in a tight spot.}}

    Synonyms

    *(transport of particles or fluid) electrokinetics, electrohydrodynamics

    Related terms

    *electrokinetic *electrophoresis