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salt bridge

Definition of salt bridge

noun

Chemistry
  • 1a tube containing an electrolyte (typically in the form of a gel), providing electrical contact between two solutions.
  • 2a link between electrically charged acidic and basic groups, especially on different parts of a large molecule such as a protein.

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