Intrinsic factor molecular weight

The intrinsic pathway (Figure 51-1) involves factors XII, XI, IX, VIII, and X as well as prekallikrein, high-molecular-weight (HMW) kininogen, Ca, and platelet phospholipids. It results in the production of factor Xa (by convention, activated clotting factors are referred to by use of the suffix a). 

The above explanation of autoacceleration phenomena is supported by the manifold increase in the initial polymerization rate for methyl methacrylate which may be brought about by the addition of poly-(methyl methacrylate) or other polymers to the monomer.It finds further support in the suppression, or virtual elimination, of autoacceleration which has been observed when the molecular weight of the polymer is reduced by incorporating a chain transfer agent (see Sec. 2f), such as butyl mercaptan, with the monomer.Not only are the much shorter radical chains intrinsically more mobile, but the lower molecular weight of the polymer formed results in a viscosity at a given conversion which is lower by as much as several orders of magnitude. Both factors facilitate diffusion of the active centers and, hence, tend to eliminate the autoacceleration. Final and conclusive proof of the correctness of this explanation comes from measurements of the absolute values of individual rate constants (see p. 160), which show that the termination constant does indeed decrease a hundredfold or more in the autoacceleration phase of the polymerization, whereas kp remains constant within experimental error. 

We may note in passing that the intrinsic viscosity of a fully extended rod molecule, for which is proportional to the square of the length, should depend on the square of the molecular weight, in the free-draining approximation. In a more accurate treatment which avoids this approximation, the simple dependence on is moderated by a factor which depends on the effective thickness of the chain (or bead density along the chain) compared with the chain length. 

K.—Ordinarily the intrinsic viscosity should depend on the molecular weight not only owing to the factor occurring in Eq. (26), but also as a result of the dependence of the factor on M. The influence of this expansion resulting from intramolecular interactions may be eliminated by suitable choice of the solvent and temperature. Specifically, in an ideal solvent, or -solvent, a = l and Eq. (26) reduces to... 

Fig. 144.—The treatment of expansion factor-temperature data obtained from intrinsic viscosities of polyisobutylene fractions in three pure solvents and in ethyl-benzene-diphenyl ether mixtures. Data for fractions having molecular weights Xl6 of 1.88, 1.46, and 0.180 are represented by O,, and Q, respectively. (Fox and Flory. 2)...

Since our indirect method produces both the linear (b=0) and branched intrinsic viscosities across the chromatogram, it is possible to estimate several LCB parameters as a function of elution volume or number average molecular weight. The branching factor G(V) can be written as... 

Clearly, the hardnesses of thermoplastic polymers are not intrinsic. They depend on various extrinsic factors. Only trends can be cited. For example, as the molecular weight in polyethylene materials increases, they become harder. And, as the molecular aromaticity increases, a polymeric material becomes harder. Thus, higher molecular weight anthracene is harder than napthalene and more aromatic Kevlar is harder than polymethacrylate. 

Factors that influence drug dialyzability in chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis include drug-specific characteristics (e.g., molecular weight, solubility, degree of ionization, protein binding, and VD) and intrinsic properties of the peritoneal membrane (e.g., blood flow, pore size, and peritoneal membrane surface area). 

The size of a dissolved polymer molecule, that can be estimated from its intrinsic viscosity is found to depend upon a number of factors such as Molecular weight, the local chain structure (as reflected in the... 

Thus if we know [tj] and [rj]e as a function of molecular weight we can plot the chain expansion factor as a function of concentration. A plot for polybutadiene from the work of Graessley is shown in Figure 5.21 and uses Equation (5.81) to describe the relationship between concentration and intrinsic viscosity. 

If, however, both reactions were influenced by intraparticle diffusion effects, the rate of reaction of a particular component would be given by the product of the intrinsic reaction rate, fecg, and the effectiveness factor, Tj. Substituting eqn. (6) for the effectiveness factor gives (for a first-order isothermal reaction) the overall rate as 0tanh< >. As is often the case, the molecular weights of the diffusing reactants are similar and can be... 

Note that all the desired properties depend directly or Indirectly on the ratio A/n and therefore, on the relative response factors and signal to noise ratios of the spectrophotometer and the differential refractometer. In general, spectrophotometers are more sensitive than differential refractometers, therefore, the ratio A/n at the tails of the chromatogram, that is, the refractometer signal will be zero while there still be a signal from the spectrophotometer. In addition, equations 9 and 10 are hyperbolic functions of the concentration. Thus, as the concentration decreases the apparent values of Mw and [n] will increase, increasing the uncertainty in the estimates of the molecular weights and the intrinsic viscosities (see Appendix I and references 26-29). In the limit when A/n - (or n/A 0), the polymer... 

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