Kohlrausch examined Ëm° values for a number of strong electrolytes and observed certain regularities. He noted that the difference in Ëm° of the electrolytes NaX and KX for any X is nearly constant. For example
at 298 K:
Ëm°(KCl) – Ëm° (NaCl)= Ëm°(KBr) – Ëm°(NaBr)
= Ëm°(KI) – Ëm° (NaI) ≃ 23.4 S cm2 mol–1
and similarly it was found that
Ëm°(NaBr)– Ëm°(NaCl)= Ëm°(KBr) – Ëm°(KCl) ≃ 1.8 S cm2 mol–1
On the basis of the above observations he enunciated Kohlrausch
law of independent migration of ions