Multi-Phase Equilibrium in Aqueous Solutions of the Triple-Helical Polysaccharide, Schizophyllan
Multi-Phase Equilibrium in Aqueous Solutions of the Triple-Helical Polysaccharide, Schizophyllan
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三螺旋多糖裂褶多糖水溶液中的多相平衡
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1984
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A. Teŕamoto
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T. Itou;A. Teŕamoto
Ternary phase diagrams were determined at 25°C for aqueous solutions of a rodlike polysaccharide schizophyllan, using three fractionated samples of different axial ratios x: sample T-3, x=223; sample UR-28, 36.8; sample U-110, 18.3. Two ternary systems UR-28+T-3+water and U-110+T-3+water were investigated. The phase diagram of either system was occupied by a wide biphasic region, where a dilute isotropic phase and concentrated cholesteric phase coexisted at equilibrium. The phase diagram of the system U-110+T-3+water contained two additional regions, one where two cholesteric phases and one isotropic phase coexisted at equilibrium and the other where two cholesteric phases coexisted. A remarkable molecular weight fractionation took place on phase separation, and the larger x component was almost excluded from the dilute phase (or phases). All these features of the phase diagrams were consistent with the theoretical prediction by Abe and Flory for athermal ternary solutions. Quantitative agreement between theory and experiment was far from satisfactory, although the disagreement was considerably diminished when the interaction parameter was incorporated into the Abe–Flory theory.