Thursday, 17 May 2007
3rd Floor Hall (Pfahler Hall)
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Initial Studies of the Mass Uptake of Chloroform by a Horse Heart Myoglobin Film Measured by a Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM)

Tracey Uphoff and Alexandra Turner. Immaculata University, Immaculata, PA

Initial investigations using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance involved measuring the interaction between chloroform and myoglobin. As chloroform interacted with the myoglobin, the mass uptake of the film was measured. After equilibration, the mass of chloroform desorbing from the film was measured. Specific tubing was selected so that no interactions between the gas and tubing were appreciable. Calculations were performed to account for the pressure drop along the length of the tubing.

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