A revised method to determine solubility of nitrogen in dilute pepsin, using 0.0002% pepsin in place of 0.2% in AOAC Official Method 971.09, was tested in 16 laboratories with 12 samples of fishmeal. Results were calculated according to 2 procedures: AOAC Official Method 971.09 and a method described in 1964 by researchers at the Torry Research Station (Aberdeen, Scotland), and generally referr...

Zein is the major storage protein of corn and comprises :45–50% of the protein in corn. It was first identified in 1897, based on its solubility in aqueous alcohol solutions. Zein isolate is not used directly for human consumption due to its negative nitrogen balance and poor solubility in water. Current zein manufacture is limited to :500 tonnes per year from corn gluten meal. Zein sells for :...

Numerical methods to predict the solubility of anthracene in mixed solvents have been proposed. A minimum number of 3 solubility data points in sub-binary solvents has been employed to calculate the solvent-solute interaction terms of a well established colsolvency model, i.e. the combined nearly ideal binary solvent/Redlich-Kister model. The calculated interaction terms were used to predict th...

The ability of a particle to serve as a cloud condensation nucleus in the atmosphere is determined by its size, hygroscopicity and its solubility in water. Usually size and hygroscopicity alone are sufficient to predict CCN activity. Single parameter representations for hygroscopicity have been shown to successfully model complex, multicomponent particles types. Under the assumption of either c...

The solubility of two ionic salts, namely, KF and NaCl, in water has been calculated by Monte Carlo molecular simulation. Water has been modeled with the extended simple point charge model (SPC/E), ions with the Tosi-Fumi model and the interaction between water and ions with the Smith-Dang model. The chemical potential of the solute in the solution has been computed as the derivative of the tot...

In connection with the problem of the determination of the cardiac output by the use of ethylene (13), it seemed of interest to investigate further the nature of the forces which make the solubility of this gas 1% times as great in human blood as it is in water. The general problem of the nature of the factors which determine the solubility of gases in blood is of importance not only because of...

The relationship between the aqueous solubility of more than two thousand eight hundred organic compounds and their structures was investigated using a QSPR approach based on Simplex Representation of Molecular Structure (SiRMS). The dataset consists of 2537 diverse organic compounds. Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) and Random Forest (RF) methods were used for statistical modeling at the 2D le...

A recently published revision of the absorption cocfficienLs for oxygen in water has prompted a reinvestigation of the subject by a new microgasometric technique. A known volume of gas-free water (approximately 1 ml) was brought into contact with oxygen at constant pressure and temperature. The oxygen uptake and the amount of water were measured with a micrometer burette. The results obtained a...

This study aimed to extend the shelf life of walnut kernels by appropriate packaging conditions and physical methods. For this purpose, the kernels were heated at 50 or 70°C for 2 or 10 minutes. About 100g of walnuts were packed in low-density polyethylene (LDPE) packages under ordinary, vacuum or nitrogen conditions. Samples were stored for 18 months at room temperature. Peroxide value and aci...