Research Article

Influence of Guluronic and Mannuronic Groups in Sodium Alginate Blends with Silk Fibroin: Phase Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Modeling

Table 1

Initial mass fraction (w) of silk fibroin (SF), sodium alginate (SA), and water (WA) blends.

BlendWSFWSAWWA

SF0.5SA0.5WA990.0050.0050.990
SF1.0SA0.5WA98.50.0100.0050.985
SF1.5SA0.5WA980.0150.0050.980
SF0.5SA1.0WA98.50.0050.0100.985
SF1,0SA1,0WA980.0100.0100.980
SF1.5SA1.0WA97.50.0150.0100.975
SF0.5SA1.5WA980.0050.0150.980
SF1.0SA1.5WA97.50.0100.0150.975
SF1.5SA1.5WA970.0150.0150.970
SF0.5SA2.0WA97.50.0050.0200.975
SF1.0SA2.0WA970.0100.0200.970
SF0.5SA2.5WA970.0050.0250.970