Critical behavior at sol-gel transition in gellan gum aqueous solutions with KCl and CaCl2 of different concentrations

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-212

  Dai, Lin ^a   Liu, Xinxing ^a   Tong, Zhen ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Critical exponent; Gellan gum; Self similarity; Sol gel transition

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CRITICAL BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL EXPONENT; EQUILIBRIUM MODULI; EXCLUDED VOLUME; GEL PHASE; GEL POINT; GELATION TEMPERATURE; GELLAN GUM; HYDRODYNAMIC INTERACTION; RELATIVE DISTANCES; RHEOLOGY MEASUREMENT; SALT CONCENTRATION; SELF-SIMILARITIES; SOL-GEL TRANSITIONS; ZERO SHEAR VISCOSITY;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; COAGULATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; GELATION; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; VISCOSITY;

GELS;

EID: 77953138395     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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