The migration of charged particles under the influence of an electric field, usually in solution. Cations will move towards the negative pole, and anions towards the positive. It is possible to separate amino acids this way by adjusting the pH of the solution so that some are cations and others anions.
Electrophoresis is the movement of an electrically charged substance under the influence of an electric field. This movement is due to the Lorentz force, which may be related to fundamental electrical properties of the body under study and the ambient electrical conditions by the equation given below.
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