Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol.251, No.2, 256-262, 2002
Study on osmotic pressures for aqueous lysozyme and alpha-chymotrypsin - Electrolyte solutions with two Yukawa potentials
The equation of state (EOS) of Duh and Mier-y-Teran for one Yukawa potential is expanded to two Yukawa potentials to describe the nonidealities of the charged lysozyme and alpha-chymotrypsin solutions. Instead of the classical DLVO theory, the attractive dispersion and double-layer repulsion interactions are represented by two Yukawa potentials, respectively. For the aqueous lysozyme solutions, the only adjustable dispersion energy parameter elk is regressed and the average deviation is 1.76%. For the aqueous alpha-chymotrypsin solutions, two adjustable parameters (the molecular weight and dispersion energy parameter) are regressed and the average deviation is 7.62%. Some correlation and prediction results are discussed.