TABLE 5.
Mass fraction of silk fibroin, sodium alginate, and water calculated using the parameter of Flory-Huggins estimated by the non-linear system of Eqs. 8, 9, and 10.
Mass fraction (%) of each component in feed |
Mass fraction (%) of SF rich phase (solid) |
Mass fraction (%) of SA rich phase (liquid) |
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SF | SA | WA | SF | SA | WA | SF | SA | WA |
0.5 | 0.5 | 99 | 3.80 | 0.24 | 95.96 | 0.13 | 0.50 | 99.37 |
1.5 | 0.5 | 98 | 3.68 | 0.39 | 95.93 | 0.11 | 0.66 | 99.23 |
1.0 | 1.0 | 98 | 3.31 | 0.79 | 95.90 | 0.05 | 1.05 | 98.90 |
0.5 | 1.5 | 98 | 2.77 | 1.28 | 95.95 | 0.08 | 1.51 | 98.41 |
1.5 | 1.5 | 97 | 2.63 | 1.41 | 95.96 | 0.07 | 1.67 | 98.27 |
1.0 | 2.0 | 97 | 2.08 | 1.89 | 96.03 | 0.09 | 2.06 | 97.84 |
0.5 | 2.5 | 97 | 1.54 | 2.42 | 96.04 | 0.10 | 2.57 | 97.33 |