Physical aspects - Gel - Mixed gels and filled gels
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What is a Type I gel?
What is a filled gel?
The strength of the network of a filled gel depends on:
- Size of the particles vs network pore size
- Volume fraction of particles
- Interaction between particles and network polymers (depletion, H-bonding, hydrophobic interactions,...)
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How do we measure the strength of a gel (yogurt in this case)?
- Change in pH
- Addition of cultures (circles) --> slow drop in pH
- Addition of GDL (glucone-delta-lactone), (squares), has the ability to decrease the pH fast
Drop in pH --> casein micelles aggregate --> network formed
Network formation measured as increase in storage modulus G'. Measure increase G' is the pH where the aggregation starts. Culture has a slow drop in pH, aggregation slower, network formed later.
Developed of network over time, tan delta. Tan delta is ratio between liquid and solid behaviour. Decrease in tan delta, network becomes stronger over time and more solid and elastic like.
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