Determining the Particle Size Distributions of Titanium Dioxide Using Sedimentation Field-Flow Fractionation and Photon Correlation Spectroscopy

2001 ◽  
pp. 285-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kim Ratanathanawongs Williams ◽  
Belinda Butler-Veytia ◽  
Hookeun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Titanium Dioxide ◽  
Photon Correlation Spectroscopy ◽  
Correlation Spectroscopy ◽  
Size Distributions ◽  
Field Flow Fractionation ◽  
Particle Size Distributions ◽  
Photon Correlation ◽  
Flow Fractionation ◽  
Sedimentation Field Flow Fractionation

The use of sedimentation field flow fractionation and photon correlation spectroscopy in the characterization of casein micelles

2003 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Punsandani Udabage ◽  
Ian R McKinnon ◽  
Mary Ann Augustin
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Calcium Phosphate ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Inorganic Phosphate ◽  
Photon Correlation Spectroscopy ◽  
Correlation Spectroscopy ◽  
Field Flow Fractionation ◽  
Casein Micelles ◽  
Photon Correlation ◽  
Sedimentation Field Flow Fractionation

Sedimentation Field Flow Fractionation (SdFFF) was combined with Photon Correlation Spectroscopy (PCS), to characterize changes in the structure of the colloidal particles of reconstituted skim milk of diameter >50 nm (aggregates of casein and calcium phosphate known as casein micelles) with the changes in partitioning (with the addition of salt) of calcium (Ca), inorganic phosphate (Pi) and casein between the serum and colloidal phases of the milk. The number weighted particle size distributions are determined. These are well represented by a log-normal distribution. Methods are presented for estimating the relative contributions of scattering and absorbance to the SdFFF detector signal and for taking both into account when analysing SdFFF data. The values found for the effective density of the casein micelles were in good agreement with the literature and ranged from (1·06–1·08 g cm−3) according to the composition of micelles. The changes in the scattering intensity as determined by PCS correlated with the changes in the particle composition. Although the concentrations of colloidal calcium phosphate (CCP) (1·1–3·5 g/kg milk) and micellar casein (18·1–27·2 g/kg milk) varied considerably only small changes in the size distribution of particles >50 nm diameter were observed except for milk to which 30 mmol Pi+10 mmol Ca/kg milk had been added where the particle size distribution shows a swelling of the particles consistent with a lower than expected value for the particle density. These observations suggest that the micelles have the ability to both lose (depleted micelles) and accommodate (enriched micelles) more casein, calcium and inorganic phosphate in their interior, thus confirming the model of the micelles which postulates an open structure allowing freedom of movement of casein and small ions.

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