Tracer diffusion and unidirectional fluxes.
Available experimental data have been utilized to examine the effects of cross-coefficients on tracer diffusion and on the estimation of unidirectional fluxes from observations on tracer flow. In free solution or in a nonselective membrane, the interaction between the flows of tracer and the unlabelled substance are small at concentrations of biological interest for the nonelectrolytes urea, alanine, and beta-alanine, and for sodium and chloride ions. Under these conditions, measurement of tracer flow can be used to predict flow of the bulk substance to an accuracy of a few per cent.
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Biophysical Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 2115, USA; and Department of Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT, 06510, USA.
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Solomon
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