The change of impurities in and physical retardance of gelatin by ultrafiltration (UF) treatment at various pH was studied. Contents of cations decreased at the low pH condition. Reducing sugar contents decreased at high pH condition. It may be derived from the difference of the pH dependence of adsorption to gelatin. The physical retardance at pH 4 decreased with the high pH UF treatment, being relative to the change of reducing sugar content. On the other hand, the physical retardance at pH 8 decreased with the low pH UF treatment. It may be caused by the change of the calcium contents.
The change of physical retardance of the lime and acid treated deionized gelatins, the fourth series IAG gelatins, fractionated by UF treatment was investigated. The high molecular weight fraction (
fH) showed lower restraining at pH 4 ripening, and the low molecular weight fraction (
fM) showed higher one than the original gelatin. On the other hand, the
fH showed higher one and the
fL showed lower one than the original gelatin at pH 8 ripening. It was considered that the change of the restraining properties of the fractionated gelatins results from the dependence of adsorption to the silver chloride crystals on molecular weight at low pH ripening. The change of physical retardance at high pH was caused by the contamination of the metal ions with UF treatment.
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