ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTDetermination of Water in Several HydrazinesH. F. Cordes and C. W. TaitCite this: Anal. Chem. 1957, 29, 4, 485–487Publication Date (Print):March 27, 1957Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 27 March 1957https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac50162a018https://doi.org/10.1021/ac50162a018research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views41Altmetric-Citations13LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts

The intrinsic viscosity of cellulose xanthate solutions was studied as a function of the electrolyte content of the solvent, and found to decrease sharply with increase in electrolyte concentration. All electrolytes tested except sodium and lithium hydroxides produced essentially the same reduction in intrinsic viscosity for solutions of equivalent ionic strenghts, indicating that the effect was largely one of interaction between the solvent ions and the charged xanthate groups. Hydroxides induced a greater viscosity reduction. The reason for this was not fully resolved; however, indications were obtained that the hydroxides, in addition to behaving as electrolytes toward the charged xanthate groups, also interact with the hydroxyl groups on the parent cellulose chain. Light scattering measurements, as well as data on the variation of the intrinsic viscosity with molecular weight in various solvents, showed that the change in intrinsic viscosity with electrolyte concentration could be accounted for by a change in configuration, or degree of coiling of the molecule. Calculations indicated that in pure water cellulose xanthate should approach a rigid rod configuration whereas in 6% caustic coiling occurs and the molecule resembles more a random configuration.