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. 2005 Jun 24;89(3):1543–1550. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.104.057315

TABLE 2.

Virial coefficient (Inline graphic and Inline graphic) for osmotic pressure of proteoglycans in bovine articular cartilage at equilibrium with NaCl solutions of various concentrations, at 25°C, from fitting the bovine cartilage data of Fig. 7

NaCl Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
0.015 M 0.619 ± 0.46 1.774 ± 3.4 0.209
0.15 M 0.095 ± 0.14 1.855 ± 1.1 0.463
2 M 0.055 ± 0.046 0.417 ± 0.34 0.407

See Eq. 3; π is given in units of MPa and Inline graphic in units of mEq/ml; mean ± SE).