Effects of pH and Hardness Resulted from Total Carbonate Concentration on Sericin Solubilities

총탄산 농도에 따른 pH 및 경도가 견층 Sericin 용해에 미치는 영향

Two kinds of solution for the measurement of solubilities of Sericin are prepared as followings at temperature 90 deg. C. One has the total carbonate concentration as 0, 50, 100mg CO2/l prepared with non-carbonate distilled water, sodium hydrogen carbonate and 0.1N HCI and NaOH, the other has total hardness, that is, calcium hardness or magnesium hardness as 0, 20, 50, 100mg CaCO2/l respectively prepared with non-carbonate distilled water, calcium carbonate and magnesium oxide. Solubilities of Cocoon layer Sericin at above solution gives following results ; 1. pH shows little effect on the solubility of Sericin at the non-carbonate solution but at the carbonate solution pH shows a sensitive effect on the solubility of Sericin. These means that pH controls the concentration of H2CO3, HCO3-and CO32- which prevent and promote the solution of Sericin. 2. After the cocoon layer treatment at the solution, the initial pH of 4.0, 7.0, 9.0 of the solution changed to 6.0-6.5 at the lower total carbonate solution. However in the higher total carbonate solution pH did not changed very much. This may be explained by the buffer action of carbonate. 3. The effect of the hardness on the solubility of Sericin was not found in the non-carbonate solution with the standard hardness after treatment of cocoon layer.

1. 제사용수의 pH가 총탄산이 낮은 용수에서는 견층 Sericin 용해에 미치는 영향이 적었지만, 총탄산이 높은 용수에서는 견층 Sericin 용해에 미치는 영향이 컸다. 2. 총탄산이 낮은 용수에서는 견층처리전후의 pH변화가 컸지만 총탄산이 높은 용수에서는 그 변화가 적었다. 3. 무탄산 증류수로 표준경도용액을 만들어 견층을 처리한 결과 경도가 높고 낮은데 대한 Sericin 용액관계는 없었다.