Applying standard mathematical methods, it is explicitly shown how the Riccati equation for the Hubble parameter H (η) of barotropic open FRW cosmologies is connected with a Korteweg-de Vries equation for adiabatic index solitons. It is also shown how one can embed a discrete sequence of adiabatic indices of the type [Formula: see text], (γ ≠ 2/3), in the sech FRW adiabatic index soliton.