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A theory of electrophoresis of emulsion drops in aqueous two-phase polymer systemsAn electrophoresis study has been carried out in an emulsion formed from an electrically neutral aqueous mixture of dextran and polyethylene glycol equilibrated at sufficient concentrations in the presence of electrolytes. Electrophoresis of a drop of one phase suspended in the other is observed, and the direction of the drop's motion is reversed when the disperse phase and the continuous phase are interchanged. In the presence of sulfate, phosphate, or citrate ions, an electrostatic potential difference of the order of a few mV exists between the two phases. The potential implied by the direction of the electrophoretic motion is opposite to the Donnan potential observed between the two phases. The mobility of an emulsion drop increases with the drop radius and depends on ion concentration. These results are explained in terms of a model postulating an electric dipole layer associated with a mixture of oriented polymer molecules at the surface of a drop, with a potential difference between the interiors of the two phases resulting from the unequal ion distribution.
Document ID
19830062060
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Levine, S.
(British Columbia, University Vancouver; Alberta Research Council, Edmonton, Canada)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1982
Subject Category
Inorganic And Physical Chemistry
Meeting Information
Meeting: Materials processing in the reduced gravity environment of space; Annual Meeting
Location: Boston, MA
Start Date: November 16, 1981
End Date: November 18, 1981
Sponsors: NASA
Accession Number
83A43278
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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