Table 1.

Hydrodynamic diameter, polydispersity index, and conductivity of non-treated and treated HPC samples.

	Hydrodynamic Diameter (µm)	Polydispersity Index (%)	Conductivity (mS/cm)
Control	1.048 ± 0.05 a	55.90 ± 1.2 a	0.958 ± 0.004 k
pH2	0.945 ± 0.021 b	46.20 ± 0.14 b	1.143 ± 0.010 i
pH4	0.920 ± 0.028 b	42.90 ± 0.14 d	1.302 ± 0.025 f
pH6	0.925 ± 0.007 b	46.80 ± 0.42 b	1.210 ± 0.006 h
pH8	0.905 ± 0.007 b	42.30 ± 0.28 d	1.025 ± 0.001 j
pH10	0.915 ± 0.007 b	40.80 ± 0.42 e	1.272 ± 0.026 fg
pH12	0.925 ± 0.007 b	45.00 ± 0.28 c	1.221 ± 0.016 gh
US_Only	0.370 ± 0.014 def	13.40 ± 0.14 g	2.906 ± 0.021 b
US + pH2	0.340 ± 0.014 ef	16.35 ± 0.21 f	2.186 ± 0.006 e
US + pH4	0.33 ± 0.02 f	12.10 ± 0.02 h	2.275 ± 0.005 d
US + pH6	0.400 ± 0.014 d	16.30 ± 0.28 f	2.329 ± 0.005 c
US + pH8	0.380 ± 0.014 de	14.30 ± 0.28 g	2.962 ± 0.010 a
US + pH10	0.425 ± 0.021 d	16.95 ± 0.21 f	2.203 ± 0.003 e
US + pH12	0.510 ± 0.014 c	17.30 ± 0.14 f	2.169 ± 0.004 e

^a–k Treatment means with the same letter in each sample are not significantly different (p > 0.05).