Table 2.
Time, min | Foam volume retention (%) | ||||||||
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pH 2 | pH 4 | pH 6 | |||||||
0.00 M NaCl | 0.03 M NaCl | 0.25 M NaCl | 0.00 M NaCl | 0.03 M NaCl | 0.25 M NaCl | 0.00 M NaCl | 0.03 M NaCl | 0.25 M NaCl | |
2 | 69.36 ± 1.85b | 73.43 ± 0.25a | 69.82 ± 1.14ab | 71.36 ± 1.44a | 60.56 ± 2.38b | 69.98 ± 0.29a | 69.41 ± 0.14a | 64.02 ± 1.10b | 67.96 ± 0.16a |
5 | 57.85 ± 1.48a | 59.37 ± 0.28a | 51.82 ± 1.14b | 58.95 ± 1.19a | 47.86 ± 0.98b | 50.73 ± 0.44b | 54.98 ± 0.90a | 48.44 ± 1.98b | 47.72 ± 0.98b |
10 | 51.83 ± 1.48b | 55.50 ± 1.20a | 46.11 ± 0.57c | 55.54 ± 0.69a | 42.57 ± 0.35b | 41.82 ± 1.39b | 46.68 ± 1.71a | 40.81 ± 0.42b | 33.18 ± 1.28c |
15 | 50.00 ± 0.37a | 49.89 ± 0.42a | 37.00 ± 0.56b | 53.22 ± 1.29a | 39.16 ± 0.95b | 40.60 ± 1.46b | 43.42 ± 0.64a | 37.89 ± 0.01b | 30.40 ± 0.59c |
30 | 46.59 ± 0.74a | 43.25 ± 0.59a | 34.50 ± 2.12b | 51.17 ± 1.16a | 35.76 ± 1.90b | 38.45 ± 1.59b | 38.04 ± 1.26a | 36.36 ± 0.33a | 27.19 ± 0.96b |
45 | 44.76 ± 0.37a | 37.98 ± 0.08b | 27.33 ± 1.31c | 49.01 ± 0.33a | 33.36 ± 2.12b | 34.63 ± 1.60b | 35.87 ± 1.70a | 34.55 ± 0.82a | 25.83 ± 0.82b |
60 | 44.63 ± 0.18a | 34.75 ± 1.33b | 22.97 ± 2.78c | 47.17 ± 1.39a | 33.36 ± 2.12b | 28.51 ± 1.97b | 35.87 ± 1.70a | 34.43 ± 0.64a | 24.43 ± 1.97b |
a–cMeans in a row, for a specific pH value, with same letter do not differ significantly (p ≥ 0.05)