## Abstract Determinations of the amount of bound water in hydrated proteins yield strongly diverging values. The cause of this is the continuity of the transition from bound to free water, and the diffeernt sensitivities to water structure of the measuring techniques. Only the methods that aim at
Electrical conduction in hydrated collagen. I. Conductivity mechanisms
β Scribed by G. H. Bardelmeyer
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 730 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-3525
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
The electrical conductivity of bovine Achilles tendon with various amounts of adsorbed water was measuredas a function of temperature. The conduction appeared to be fully determined by the water of hydration. The current is probably primarily carried by protons at water contents up to 45% and by small ions at water contents beyond 65%. In both ranges of water content, a linear relation between activation energy and water and content was found. As to the lower range, this is explained by the action of Coulombic forces during the separation of protonβhydroxyl ion pairs. In two regions of water content a linear relation between the logarithm of the preβexponential factor and the activation energy was found. There are, however, indications that at certain water contents the dissociation constant of the adsorbed water is several orders of magnitude higher than in liquid water.
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