The statistical thermodynamic counterion-condensation theory of Manning

3 The statistical thermodynamic counterion-condensation theory of Manning 

Structural values of 1, a defined amount of counterions will condense from the solution 

The range of theoretical and experimental approaches has been, in particular, addressed to the problem of conformational transitions between two different states, provided they have different charge densities. For thermally induced, conformational transitions be- 

This relation has been successfully applied first to the transition processes of DNA, polynucleotides, but also to many ionic polysaccharides (carrageenans, xanthan, succinoglycan, ) of great industrial interest. Accurate determination of the T values of the polysaccharide as a function of the ionic strength is necessary. 

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