Research Article

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

Table 4

Values of intrinsic viscosity and viscosimetric molar mass for alginate-M and alginate-G.

Alginate-MAlginate-G

4.478.21
5.45 × 1041.02 × 105
M/G2.030.43
FM0.670.30
FG0.330.70
FMM00.14
FGG0.330.54
FMG,GM0.670.16

Proportion between M and G blocks, molar fraction of M blocks (FM), G blocks G (FG), GG blocks (FGG), MM blocks (FMM), and MG/GM blocks (FMG,GM) for alginate-M and alginate-G.