A simple and rapid method for evaluation of Mark–Houwink–Sakurada constants of linear random coil polysaccharides using molecular weight and intrinsic viscosity determined by high performance size exclusion chromatography: application to guar galactomannan
1999
Abstract A rapid method for establishing the constants in the Mark–Houwink–Sakurada equation, relating intrinsic viscosity and molecular weight (MW), of guar galactomannan is described. Following partial acid hydrolysis, the galactomannan was analyzed using high performance size exclusion chromatography employing viscosimetry and right angle light scattering detectors. In this way, a large number of samples of polysaccharides with a wide range of MW distributions were prepared, without need for isolation, and intrinsic viscosity and MW rapidly determined. The a and K values found for guar galactomannan were 0.72 and 5.13×10 −4 ([ η ] in dl/g) respectively, in good agreement with previously published values.
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