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Devices for maintaining constant ionic conditions in experimental solutions while simultaneously monitoring uptake and extrusion activities of specimens in the medium are a research tool of increasing importance. The ionostat technique allows the quantitative determination of net ion fluxes with fair time resolution, even in very long time scale ion absorption experiments. With the availability of personal computers it had become possible to develop an “intelligent” system for automatic back-titration. Several similar systems for controlling ionic activities of an incubation solution and also concentration of other molecules via microcomputers have been designed during the last 15 years.

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    O. Döring, M. Busch, S. Lüthje, H. Lüthen, F. Hilgendorf & M. Böttger

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Döring, O., Busch, M., Lüthje, S. et al. Ionostats. Protoplasma 194, 1–10 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01273162

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