Journal of Membrane Science & Technology

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt

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• Research Article   
  Diffusion Control Factors Influenced the Ion Exchange between Sodium Counter Ions of Alginate and some Trivalent Metal Cations in the Sol-Gel Transition Process
  Author(s): Refat M Hassan*
  
  The influence of diffusion controls on the rate of gel growth forming coordination biopolymer ionotropic spherical hydrogels resulting from ion exchange process of Na+ counter ions in alginate macromolecular chains by trivalent metal ions such as lanthanum (III)- and cerium (III) electrolyte solutions have been studied. The experimental observations indicated that the ion exchange processes in such sol-gel transformation were inherently stoichiometric processes. The influence of the nature of metal ion concentration of both alginate sol and metal ion electrolytes and temperature as well as the coordination geometry of the complexes formed have been examined. A mathematical approach of such factors which affect the gelation processes such as the mass, density and the radius of droplets of both alginate sol and formed metal-alginate hydrogels has been suggested. A tentative gelation mec.. View more»
  

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