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Effect of saline electrolyte on particle sizes in fat emulsions by electronic counting
Author(s) -
Singleton W. S.,
Brown M. L.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02540136
Subject(s) - electrolyte , coalescence (physics) , particle number , particle size , extrapolation , chemistry , saline , particle (ecology) , chromatography , materials science , physics , thermodynamics , mathematics , electrode , medicine , volume (thermodynamics) , astrobiology , endocrinology , mathematical analysis , oceanography , geology
The number of particles of specific diams in in the fat emulsions SR‐151, Intralipid, and Lipofundin, by electronic counting, was critically dependent upon the elapsed time of contact of the emulsions with the diluting saline electrolyte. The most pronounced change in the number of particles as a function of time occurred with the particles of smallest diams, those less than 2Ɓ. Increases in the number of particles by approx 100% occurred within 20 min of mixing the emulsions and electrolyte. Apparently coalescence or aggregation of smaller particles caused the increases in numbers. By extrapolation to zero time, accurate counts were obtained.