| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The translational movement, the dynamical molecular conformation, and the aggregate structure in the liquid state for three kinds of cis-type unsaturated fatty acids (cis-6-, cis-9-, and cis-11-octadecenoic acids), trans-type unsaturated acid (trans-9-octadecenoic acid), and n-saturated acid (octadecanoic acid) have been studied through the measurements of density, self-diffusion coefficient, ^<13>C NMR spin-lattice relaxation time, and X-ray diffraction. The magnitude of the self-diffusion coefficient, D, fell in sequence of cis-type unsaturated acids > trans-type acids > saturated acid below 350 K.Above 350 K the value of D for the trans-type acid rose to those for the cis-type acids. On the other hand, the density ρ for the acids also fell in the order of cis-type acids > trans-type acid > saturated acid ; the order of the density is just opposite to that expected from the results of the self-diffusion coefficient and other physical properties such as melting point and heat of fusion. This discrepancy between D and ρ values for the acids is well explained by the models of the clusters in their liquids.
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