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Table 2 Contact angles of for biomass, control adsorbents and polymeric beads

From: Surface energetics to assess influence of biomass-type and biomass–adsorbent interactions in expanded beds

 

Contact angle (θ)

Material

H2O

FMD

ABN

Biomass

 E. coli1

26.8 ± 0.8

31.0 ± 1.4

44.3 ± 1.0

 B. subtilis2

33.0 ± 2.0

45.0 ± 2.0G

66.0 ± 2.0D

 S. cerevisiae3

15.0 ± 2.0

14.0 ± 1.0

54.0 ± 1.0

 CHO1

26.1 ± 0.7

30.2 ± 0.2

42.3 ± 0.5

Control

 Sepharose Q

0

36.4 ± 0.3

65.3 ± 3.3

 Sepharose DEAE

0

29.2 ± 0.6

55.9 ± 0.1

 Sepharose SP

0

32.5 ± 0.4

56.4 ± 1.3

 Sepharose phenyl

0

33.4 ± 0.5

56.6 ± 2.4

Polymeric material

 Alginate

0

43.3 ± 0.3

63.3 ± 0.4

 Agar

0

42.2 ± 0.5

65.6 ± 2.6

 Cellulose

0

41.2 ± 0.3

64.1 ± 1.8

 Sepharose 4B

0

24.8 ± 1.1

54.2 ± 0.5

 Fastline agarose

0

38.0 ± 0.1

60.5 ± 1.0

 Sephacryl S 400

0

39.9 ± 0.4

65.8 ± 1.8

 Carrageenan

15.3 ± 1

25.1 ± 1.5

60.7 ± 0.8

 Dextran (PD 10)

0

41.6 ± 0.5

51.4 ± 0.2

 Polyacrylamide

0

44.7 ± 0.7

55.1 ± 0.1

 Polyvinylpyrrolidone

0

42.2 ± 0.1

44.6 ± 0.2

 Phenolic beads

0

38.7 ± 0.5

41.4 ± 0.2

 Supelite™ DAX-8

0

34.3 ± 0.7

37.3 ± 0.1

 Poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene)

0

35.3 ± 0.5

37.2 ± 0.6

 Poly(ethyl methacrylate)

0

47.1 ± 0.3

53.7 ± 0.4

 Chitosan

0

35.8 ± 0.5

37.7 ± 0.6

 Glass4

35.0 ± 6.0

36.0 ± 5.0

52.0 ± 1.0D

 Stainless steel5

81.2 ± 0.9

60.0 ± 1.1

23.4 ± 0.5

 Polystyrene6

85.4 ± 0.7

65.3 ± 1.6

41.4 ± 1.5D

 Toyopearl HW-65

0

22.48 ± 1.9

65.8 ± 1.4

 Hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS)7

90.8 ± 1.5

72.9 ± 2.0

55.3 ± 0.8

 Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) 4

107.0 ± 5.0

97.0 ± 2.0

67.0 ± 2.0D

 Silica7

4.7 ± 1.5

9.5 ± 2.0

17.4 ± 2.4

 Ceramic hydroxyapatite type 1

0

51.22 ± 0.3

53.2 ± 0.8

 Ceramic hydroxyapatite type 2

0

43.7 ± 1.6

56.6 ± 0.2

 Ceramic fluoroapatite type 1

0

44.8 ± 0.5

57.9 ± 1.9

 Ceramic fluoroapatite type 2

0

40.9 ± 0.6

61.7 ± 0.6

  1. Superscripted numbers on the colloids refers to the source of the data, 1 is from (Kakarla 2015); 2 is from (Li and Logan 2004); 3 is from (Vennapusa 2008b); 4 is from (Comelles, et al. 2010); 5 is from (Hedberg 2013); 6 is from (Carré 2007); 7 is from (Helms 2012). G and D on contact angles refers to angles of diagnostic liquids glycerol and diiodomethane, respectively