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Published on: April 28, 2022
Hydration of amino acids from ultrasonic measurements
Andrzej Burakowski1, Jacek Gliński
1Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland. andrzej.burakowski@gmail.com
Abstract:
In this paper the results of compressibility of aqueous solutions of amino acids in water and in aqueous HCl and NaOH solutions at 25 °C are presented. The effect of the charged protonated amino groups and deprotonated carboxylic groups on the hydration number was tested. The idea of additivity of the hydration number with the constituents of the solute molecule was successfully applied and discussed.
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