1. The experiments show that suspensions of finely divided particles of insoluble proteins incapable of swelling in acid (denatured egg albumin, casein trichloroacetate, sulfate, etc.) raise the viscosity of the suspension but little and that the influence of acid on the viscosity is negligible. 2. The same is true for solutions of certain genuine proteins such as genuine crystalline egg albumi...

Human red blood cells have been incubated in the presence of nystatin, which allows Na and K, as well as Cl and pH to equilibrate rapidly when cell volume is set with external impermeant sucrose. The intracellular mean ionic activity coefficients, relative to values in the extracellular solution, for KCl and NaCl are 1.01 +/- 0.02 and 0.99 +/- 0.02 (SD, n = 10), respectively, and are independen...

We developed mathematical models that predict equilibrium distribution of water and electrolytes (proteins and simple ions), metabolites, and other species between plasma and erythrocyte fluids (blood) and interstitial fluid. The models use physicochemical principles of electroneutrality in a fluid compartment and osmotic equilibrium between compartments and transmembrane Donnan relationships f...

The swelling of gelatin when placed in aqueous solution may be readily separated into three types. The swelling in acid or in alkali and the effect of neutral salts on this swelling have been shown by the work of Procter and Wilson, ~ and Loeb ~ to be due to the osmotic pressure of the ions of the electrolyte, in accordance with the Donnan equilibrium. The initial swelling of dry gelatin in wat...

The swelling of gelatin when placed in aqueous solution may be readily separated into three types. The swelling in acid or in alkali and the effect of neutral salts on this swelling have been shown by the work of Procter and Wilson, ~ and Loeb ~ to be due to the osmotic pressure of the ions of the electrolyte, in accordance with the Donnan equilibrium. The initial swelling of dry gelatin in wat...

In this study, the performance and structural properties of enhanced skinned asymmetric nanofiltration (NF) membranes were experimentally theoretically analyzed. Based on Donnan steric-hindrance transport mechanism, relationship performances key fabricated examined. At optimum concentration polymer, achieved high salt rejection up to 85% solutes separation efficacy. Moreover, morphological mode...