Determining surface areas of marine alga cells by acid-base titration method

Chemosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1131-1141

  Wang, Xiulin ^a   Ma, Yanjun ^a   Su, Yuenlan ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

A new approach; Alage; Bronsted acid; Determination of surface area; Marine; Titration

Indexed keywords

ACID-BASE TITRATION; ALGAE; ALGAL CELL; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MARINE ALGAE; SURFACE AREA;

ACCURACY; ACID BASE BALANCE; ALGA; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; DIATOM; FLAGELLATE; GREEN ALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; TECHNIQUE; TITRIMETRY;

ALGAE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CELL WALL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITRIMETRY;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA SALINA; DUNALIELLA VIRIDIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NANNOCHLOROPSIS OCULATA; PYRAMIDOMONAS; RHODOPHYTA; SALINA;

EID: 0030881314     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00177-X     Document Type: Article

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