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Measurements and Modeling of the Activity Coefficients and Solubilities of L-alanine in Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions

전해질 수용액에서 L-Alanine의 활동도계수와 용해도의 측정 및 모델링

  • Lee, Bong-Seop (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Kim, Ki-Chang (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kangwon National University)
  • 이봉섭 (강원대학교 화학공학과) ;
  • 김기창 (강원대학교 화학공학과)
  • Received : 2010.03.12
  • Accepted : 2010.04.13
  • Published : 2010.08.31
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Abstract

Activity oefficients and solubilities of L-Alanine in aqueous solutions containing each of four electrolytes(NaCl, KCl, $NaNO_3$ and $KNO_3$) were measured at 298.15 K. The measurements of activity coefficients were carried out in the electrochemical cell coupled with two ion-selective electrodes(cation and anion), and the solubilities were measured by the gravimetric analysis of saturated solutions in equilibrium with the solid phase of L-alanine. To model the activity coefficients and solubilities of amino acid in the amino acid/electrolyte aqueous solutions, thermodynamic relations of the residual Helmholtz free energy in the amino acid/electrolyte aqueous solutions were developed based on the perturbed-chain statistical associating fluid theory(PC-SAFT) combined with the primitive mean spherical approximation(primitive-MSA). In the present model, it is assumed that the zwitterions of L-alanine are associated with each other and cross-associated with water molecules, and also cross-associated with the cation and anion dissociated from an electrolyte(inorganic salt). The activity coefficients and solubilities of L-Alanine calculated from the theoretical model proposed in this work are found to be well agreeable with experimental data.

본 연구에서는 L-형 아미노산인 L-Alanine과 무기염인 NaCl, KCl, $NaNO_3$ 및 $KNO_3$의 각 전해질로 이루어진 L-Alanine/전해질 수용액 계에서 L-Alanine의 활동도계수와 용해도를 298.15 K에서 측정하였다. L-Alanine의 활동도계수는 양이온 및 음이온의 선택성 전극으로 이루어진 화학전지에서 두 전극간의 기전력을 측정하는 전기화학 법으로 측정하였으며, 용해도는 L-Alanine의 고체상과 상평형을 이루고 있는 포화용액을 중량 분석하여 측정하였다. 한편 본 연구에서는 아미노산(L-Alanine)/전해질 수용액 계의 잔류(residual) Helmholtz 자유에너지를 섭동사슬-통계역학적 회합성유체이론(perturbed chain-statistical associating fluid theory)과 단순-평균구근사(primitive-mean spherical approximation)이론을 결합한 관계로 모델링 하였으며, 이로부터 아미노산의 활동도계수 및 용해도에 대한 열역학적 관계식을 얻었다. Helmholtz 자유에너지를 모델링 하는 과정에서는 아미노산은 양쪽성 이온(zwitterion) 형태로 존재하며 아미노산의 양쪽성 이온은 같은 이온끼리 자기-회합(self-association)하며 동시에 물분자와 교차-회합(cross-association)하는 회합체로 가정하였으며, 또한 아미노산의 양쪽성 이온이 전해질(무기염)로부터 해리된 양이온 및 음이온과 상호작용하여 이온복합체(ion complex)를 형성하는 과정을 회합현상으로 가정하였다. 본 연구에서 제안된 이론적 모델로부터 L-Alanine/전해질 수용액 계에서 계산되는 L-Alanine의 활동도계수 및 용해도 값은 본 연구의 실험값과 일치하는 경향을 보였다.

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