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FROM previous considerations1 the following Donnan relation may be expected to apply across the muscle fibre membrane: k1/k = [NH4]1/[NH4] where k1 and k are the potassium concentrations within and without, and similarly for the ammonium ion.
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CONWAY, E., MOORE, P. Rate of Entrance of Ammonia into Muscle Fibres in Relation to Carbon Dioxide Tension. Nature 156, 270 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156270a0
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