Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 1 Z-average and poly dispersity index (PDI) of HMP/NaCas at R = 4:1 and C_T = 0.4% w/v as functions of pH*

From: Phase separation and formation of sodium caseinate/pectin complex coacervates: effects of pH on the complexation

pH values	Z-average (μm)	PDI
2.70	9.963 ± 1.267^c	0.408 ± 0.107^c
3.00	12.918 ± 2.483^b	0.348 ± 0.207^d
3.30	33.212 ± 12.825^a	0.589 ± 0.380^a
3.70	6.237 ± 0.528^d	0.490 ± 0.146^b
4.00	0.391 ± 0.007^e	0.264 ± 0.034^e
4.50	0.289 ± 0.008^f	0.233 ± 0.036^e
5.00	0.295 ± 0.005^f	0.255 ± 0.016^e

^*Alphabetic letter was used to show the significant difference among the sample (P < 0.05)

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