Table 6 Effect of interference on Δ R F , separation (α) and resolution (R S ) factors of the separated biosurfactants
Foreign substances | Ternary mixture | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDC-SC-STC | ||||||
SDC-SC | SC-STC | |||||
Δ R F (0.52) | α (30.0) | R S (48.0) | Δ R F (0.36) | α (14.8) | R S (57.7) | |
Metal cations | ||||||
Cu2+ | 0.73 | 128.9 | 100 | 0.20 | 4.75 | 20.0 |
Ni2+ | 0.66 | 71.8 | 94.4 | 0.21 | 4.09 | 23.3 |
Th4+ | 0.73 | 148.4 | 102.4 | 0.18 | 4.71 | 20.0 |
Metal anions | ||||||
Br− | 0.73 | 148.4 | 97.3 | 0.14 | 2.75 | 16.4 |
Cl− | 0.61 | 84.4 | 122.0 | 0.26 | 4.83 | 32.5 |
CO3 2− | 0.62 | 61.0 | 82.6 | 0.21 | 3.31 | 22.1 |
Vitamins | ||||||
Pyridoxine | 0.47 | 47.1 | 72.3 | 0.32 | 4.52 | 35.5 |
Thymine | 0.43 | 40.1 | 61.4 | 0.31 | 3.93 | 34.4 |
Ascorbic acid | 0.43 | 21.4 | 53.7 | 0.33 | 4.48 | 36.6 |
Amino acids | ||||||
Lysine | 0.66 | 73.4 | 69.4 | 0.25 | 4.88 | 25.0 |
Glycine | 0.69 | 122.5 | 115.0 | 0.19 | 3.63 | 22.3 |
Valine | 0.69 | 122.5 | 86.2 | 0.21 | 4.44 | 22.1 |
Non-ionic surfactants | ||||||
Brij 35 | 0.49 | 51.0 | 65.3 | 0.31 | 4.36 | 34.4 |
Triton X 100 | 0.55 | 65.3 | 64.7 | 0.29 | 4.68 | 26.3 |
Tween 20 | 0.53 | 60.4 | 75.7 | 0.35 | 7.36 | 31.1 |