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PH MODIFIER [3 records]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Chemical Engineering
CONT

Flotation modifiers include several classes of chemicals as described below. ... Alkalinity regulators such as lime, caustic soda, soda ash, and sulfuric acid are used to control or adjust pH, a very critical factor in many flotation separations.

OBS

pH regulators: Substances used in flotation processes to control the hydrogen-ion concentration.

Key term(s)
  • pH regulating agent
  • pH modifying agent

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Génie chimique
DEF

Réactif utilisé pour amener le pH de la pulpe à une valeur choisie.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

Type of chromatography developed following the observation that certain proteins were unexpectedly retained on affinity gels containing hydrophobic spacer arms. This concept was extended, and families of hydrophobic adsorbents prepared using a homologous series of hydrocarbon chains of different lengths. In practice most proteins can be satisfactorily purified using C-8 or phenyl substituents. Hydrophobic interactions are strongest at high ionic strength, so adsorption to a hydrophobic matrix can be conveniently performed after a salt precipitation or ion exchange chromatography step. Elution can be effected by altering the solvent ionic strength, pH, or composition or by the use of a dielectric constant modifier such as ethanediol.

CONT

When carrying out the hydrophobic chromatography of human urokinase ..., the solution containing the crude urokinase which is prepared from human urine in the usual simple method, is adjusted to a salt concentration of 0.2 to 2 M, preferably 0.2 to 1 M. The solution is then made to flow through the hydrophobic column packed with the protein adsorbent of this process.... The pH is not critical when carrying out the hydrophobic chromatography, however, the pH is usually adjusted to pH 5.5 to 10, preferably 6 to 8.5 at which pH urokinase is stable against inactivation. Purified urokinase can be obtained by treating the effluent from the hydrophobic column in a usual method, namely by lyophilization after desalting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
CONT

Certaines observations faites en chromatographie d'affinité ont montré que divers effets non spécifiques étaient attribuables à des interactions de type hydrophobe. De là est venue l'idée d'employer des chaînes carbonées fixées à un support d'agarose. On dispose maintenant de familles de composés, ne différant entre eux que par de minimes variantes de structure, mais présentant des propriétés chromatographiques intéressantes. Diverses protéines se fixent réversiblement et selon des modalités variées à ces chaînes hydrophobes : c'est donc une possibilité de séparation. Cette chromatographie "hydrophobe" est actuellement en expansion.

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

Logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion concentration in a solution (-log10[H+]) used as a measure of the degree of acidity or alkalinity of this solution.

CONT

Roughly, pH can be divided into the following ranges: pH 0-2: Strongly acidic; pH 3-5: Weakly acidic; pH 6-8: Neutral; pH 9-11: Weakly basic; pH 12-14: Strongly basic. Under the Controlled Products Regulations, materials with pH values of 0-2 or 11.5-14 may be classified corrosive.

OBS

A pH of 7 is regarded as neutral (pure water), a pH less than 7 corresponds to an acid solution and a pH greater than 7 corresponds to an alkaline solution.

OBS

It should be noted that the pH scale is a logarithmic scale; a substance with a pH of 4 is more than twice as acid as a substance with a pH of 5. Similarly, a substance with a pH of 9 is much more than twice as alkaline as a substance with a pH of 8.

PHR

pH buffer solution, control, decline, diagram, electrode, gradient, indicator, limit, measurement, meter, modifier, probe, range, scale, unit, value.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Chimie analytique
  • Études et analyses environnementales
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Indice exprimant l'activité (ou la concentration) de l'ion hydrogène dans une solution à l'aide d'une échelle logarithmique.

OBS

Si le pH est inférieur à 7, la solution est acide; s'il est supérieur, elle est alcaline.

PHR

valeur de pH.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Química analítica
  • Estudios y análisis del medio ambiente
Entrada(s) universal(es)
DEF

Cologaritmo de la concentración de iones hidrógeno en una solución (-log10[H+]) utilizado como medida del grado de acidez o alcalinidad de esta solución.

OBS

Un pH de 7 se considera neutro (agua pura), un pH inferior a 7 corresponde a una solución ácida y un pH superior a 7 a una solución alcalina.

PHR

valor de pH.

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