Electrophoretic mobilities and viscosities of potassium poly (vinyl alcohol) sulfate (I) and trimethylammonium glycol chitosan iodide (II) were measured at pH 3-10 and the ionic strength μ of 0.05, 0.1, and 0.2, in buffer solution of HCl-NaCl, CH
3COOH-CH
3COONa, Na
2HPO
4-KH
2PO
4, and Na
2CO
3-NaHCO
3. The dependences of limiting mobilities
UC→0 and intrinsic viscosities [η] on pH and the dependence of [η] on
UC→0 were investigated at constant μ. (i)
UC→0, and [η] of I were independent of pH. (ii)
UC→0 and [μ] of II were also independent of pH at pH <5 and> 7, but decreased with increasing pH from 5 to 7. (iii) The curves of
UC→0 and [η] against pH for I and II shifted downward along the ordinate with increasing μ. (iv) [η] of I and II were proportional to each
UC→0. The changes of the charge and conformation of the strongly polyacidic and polybasic ions caused by pH and μ were estimated from these results.
View full abstract