Experimental Argyrosis: II. Treatment of Rats Receiving Silver With 2,3-Dimercaptopropanol (BAL)

Abstract

The tendencies for movement of either solvent or solute in soln. through a 2-phased system are expressed in terms of specific (volumed) free energies. These are based on the concept of escaping tendency or free energy of a constituent component of a soln. The scheme is particularly useful for evaluating the movement of water and solutes into cells or organs. The net influx specific free energy (NIF) for water is expressed by the equation: [[SIGMA]F(-[DELTA]F)i + [SIGMA]F([DELTA]F)e] - [[SIGMA]F(-[DELTA]f)e. + [SIGMA]F([DELTA]f)i.-]. The basic principles of the tendencies for movement of solute are analogous to those of water. The only differences relate specificially to the influence of the solute concn. of a soln. on the specific free energy of a component. An increase in concn. of solute is accompanied by a corresponding increase of the partial molal free energy of the solute within the phase. Its effect is included in F([DELTA]f) rather than in F( -[DELTA]F).