The interaction of gelatin (G) and algin (A) was affected by the pH of the solution, individual and total concentrations as well as G/A ration in a no-calcium added system was studied in this experiment. No matter how the G/A ratio changes in the G-A solution, the turbidity reached a peak value when the pH of interaction between G and A decreased. Under a fixed 0.005% of G, the peak-turbidity of G-A solution decreased with the increasing concentration of A; under a fixed 0.001% of A the peak-turbidity increased with the increasing concentration of G; however, if the total concentration (A+G) was fixed at 0.01%, the peak-turbidity would increased first and then decreased with the increasing of 0 concentration or the value of G/(G + A) and the turning point was around 0.8 of G/(G+A) or 4.0 of G/A. In addition, with a fixed G/A, the peak-turbidity went straight up when the total value of (G+A) increased and the straight up slope changed with the G/A ratio, nevertheless, increased and then dropped with the increasing value of G/(G+A). Also, the turning point of the slope was 0.8 of G/(G+A) or 4.0 of G/A ratio and that is to say, the type of interaction between G molecule and A molecule changed as well. In comparing the influence caused by adding 0.2 M NaCl and 1-8 M urea or not on the interaction of G and A, the result shown that: In the condition of pH>3.5, the interaction of G and A was mainly the ionic bond, and then the hydrogen bond followed by hydrophobic interaction; under the condition of pH<3.0-3.5, the major interaction of G molecule and A molecule was hydrogen bond. When G/A ratio changed the pH had to be adjusted as well in order to maintain the relative ratio of total net charge for G-A solution to be at the most beneficial condition for interaction.
The interaction of gelatin (G) and algin (A) was affected by the pH of the solution, individual and total concentrations as well as G/A ration in a no-calcium added system was studied in this experiment. No matter how the G/A ratio changes in the G-A solution, the turbidity reached a peak value when the pH of interaction between G and A decreased. Under a fixed 0.005% of G, the peak-turbidity of G-A solution decreased with the increasing concentration of A; under a fixed 0.001% of A the peak-turbidity increased with the increasing concentration of G; however, if the total concentration (A+G) was fixed at 0.01%, the peak-turbidity would increased first and then decreased with the increasing of 0 concentration or the value of G/(G + A) and the turning point was around 0.8 of G/(G+A) or 4.0 of G/A. In addition, with a fixed G/A, the peak-turbidity went straight up when the total value of (G+A) increased and the straight up slope changed with the G/A ratio, nevertheless, increased and then dropped with the increasing value of G/(G+A). Also, the turning point of the slope was 0.8 of G/(G+A) or 4.0 of G/A ratio and that is to say, the type of interaction between G molecule and A molecule changed as well. In comparing the influence caused by adding 0.2 M NaCl and 1-8 M urea or not on the interaction of G and A, the result shown that: In the condition of pH>3.5, the interaction of G and A was mainly the ionic bond, and then the hydrogen bond followed by hydrophobic interaction; under the condition of pH<3.0-3.5, the major interaction of G molecule and A molecule was hydrogen bond. When G/A ratio changed the pH had to be adjusted as well in order to maintain the relative ratio of total net charge for G-A solution to be at the most beneficial condition for interaction.