Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
598388 Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 2006 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

The adsorption kinetics of β-casein, β-lactoglobulin and HSA is studied at solution/gas interface with and without forced convection. It is shown that, in spite of a significant difference in the adsorption rates for these two experiments by one order of magnitude, the equilibrium surface tension values are virtually the same. This leads to the conclusion about the thermodynamic reversibility of protein adsorption at the solution/gas interface, in contrast to the kinetic irreversibility of the process.

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