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RECENTLY, it was found in this Institute1 that solutions of potassium hyaluronate give elastic recoil when examined in a glass capillary by the ‘œstroscope’ technique2. This was ascribed to the long, flexible hyaluronate ions, which presumably form a lace-work all through the solution, knitted together by hydrogen-bond cross-links and adhering to the glass wall. The potassium ions are obviously more free to move, but in flowing, as soon as they tend to run in advance of the negatively charged hyaluronate polyions, a potential must arise to preserve electroneutrality.
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JENSEN, C., KOEFOED, J. & VILSTRUP, T. Flow Potentials in Hyaluronate Solutions. Nature 174, 1101–1102 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/1741101b0
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