Punjab Medical Punjab - MET Solved Paper-2006

  • question_answer
    Gold number is minimum in case of:

    A)  gum arable       

    B)  starch

    C)  egg albumin     

    D)  gelatin

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    The gold number is introduced by Zsigmondy and can be defined as: The number of milligrams of a hydrophilic colloid that will just prevent the precipitation of \[10mL\] of a gold sol on the addition of \[1mL\] of \[10%\] sodium chloride solution is called as gold number. The gold number of some protective colloids is: Gelatin                 0.005-0.01 Casein                   0.01-0.02 Albumin               0.1-0.2 Gum arabic        0.15 - 0.25 Hence, gelatin has lowest gold number.


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