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. 1983 Jan;41(1):29-33.
doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(83)84402-6.

Effect of change in concentration upon lens turbidity as predicted by the random fluctuation theory

F A Bettelheim, E L Siew

Effect of change in concentration upon lens turbidity as predicted by the random fluctuation theory

F A Bettelheim et al. Biophys J. 1983 Jan.

Abstract

Theoretical calculations were performed to predict how the light scattering intensity would change with changes in concentration in the gel state. The theory of light scattering was applied to a random distribution of hard spheres. The spherical particles with constant diameter were embedded in a medium having a different refractive index. The light-scattering intensities obtained as a function of concentration showed that in dilute solutions the scattered light intensity increases with concentration. However, in concentrated solution greater than 0.1 or 0.2 volume fraction, the light-scattering intensity decreases with increase in concentration.

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