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A moving boundary model of calcium alginate gel formation and the estimation of diffusion and mass transfer coefficients

Creator:

Inoue, Shawna K.

Abstract:

Calcium alginate gels are widely used in the biotechnology, food, and pharmaceutical industries for cell immobilization, food additives, and controlling the release of therapeutic agents. Different gelation conditions can lead to different gel structures which affects the diffusion of solutes in gels, thus mathematical models were developed to describe diffusion...

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Dissertation

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Coefficients. Abstract approved: Stephen W. Hoag Calcium alginate gels are widely used in the