Hi, Ode, Thank you very much for your idea about putting (or generating) EIS in a reverse osmosis water purifier. I don't have such a device, but I'm sure many others do. It would be an experiment that should be tried.
The question about whether a particulate could be partially ionized reminds me of the pioneering days of semiconductors, especially the bipolar transistor (Shockley et al. at Bell Labs in the 1940s & 1950s) and questions about "holes" being charge carriers in p-type and n-type doped crystals. These latter questions were answered using the Hall Effect. A strong magnetostatic field was placed transversely between the DC electrolysis electrodes. An EMF detectable by a microammeter attached to a third and fourth cross-electrodes revealed the polarity of the charge carrier as well as is magnitude. Perhaps a Hall Effect apparatus could be used on both fractions of dialysed EIS. Variations on such an experiment might reveal quite a bit of information, some of potentially clinical importance. You never know. Two air-core electromagnets of the type Bob Beck recommends might make produce a noticeable Hall Effect (if used with DC, not pulsed mode.) Incidentally, I would use two coils even though Beck's pulser design calls for just one. It is better to use two, fore and aft, for deeper tissue penetration. Matthew
