Empirical and Theoretical Models of Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Transition Temperatures of Supplemented Phase Diagrams in Aqueous Systems (IUPAC Technical Report)

2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 1065-1097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Horacio R. Corti ◽  
C. Austen Angell ◽  
Tony Auffret ◽  
Harry Levine ◽  
M. Pilar Buera ◽  
...  

This paper describes the main thermodynamic concepts related to the construction of supplemented phase (or state) diagrams (SPDs) for aqueous solutions containing vitrifying agents used in the cryo- and dehydro-preservation of natural (foods, seeds, etc.) and synthetic (pharmaceuticals) products. It also reviews the empirical and theoretical equations employed to predict equilibrium transitions (ice freezing, solute solubility) and non-equilibrium transitions (glass transition and the extrapolated freezing curve). The comparison with experimental results is restricted to carbohydrate aqueous solutions, because these are the most widely used cryoprotectant agents. The paper identifies the best standard procedure to determine the glass transition curve over the entire water-content scale, and how to determine the temperature and concentration of the maximally freeze-concentrated solution.


1998 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 2233-2258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Bolz ◽  
U. K. Deiters ◽  
C. J. Peters ◽  
T. W. de Loos

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. Zou ◽  
H. Cao ◽  
Z. Wang ◽  
Z. Zhang ◽  
X. Chen

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 3761-3769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haidong Feng ◽  
Kun Zhang ◽  
Jin Wang

Transition state or Kramers' rate theory has been used to quantify the kinetic speed of many chemical, physical and biological equilibrium processes successfully.


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