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138 5 Penetration <strong>of</strong> Ionic <strong>Solute</strong>s<br />

Molar volume (cm 3 /mol)<br />

800<br />

700<br />

600<br />

500<br />

400<br />

300<br />

200<br />

100<br />

0<br />

chloride<br />

propionate<br />

glutamate<br />

pantothenate<br />

heptaglutamate<br />

V x = 0.895 MW (r 2 = 0.90)<br />

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800<br />

Molecular weight (g/mol)<br />

Fig. 5.9 Molar volumes (Vx) <strong>of</strong> a set <strong>of</strong> aliphatic <strong>and</strong> aromatic organic compounds plotted against<br />

their molecular weights (green circles). The slope (0.895) was used to estimate Vx <strong>of</strong> calcium salts<br />

(red squares) used in Fig. 5.10<br />

log Rate constant<br />

−0.4<br />

−0.6<br />

−0.8<br />

−1.0<br />

−1.2<br />

−1.4<br />

−1.6<br />

−1.8<br />

Molar volume (cm 3 /mol)<br />

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800<br />

1.8<br />

Populus canescens<br />

Vicia faba, light<br />

Molecular weight (g/mol)<br />

Vicia faba, dark<br />

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800<br />

Fig. 5.10 Effect <strong>of</strong> molecular weight (solid lines) or molar volumes (dashed lines) <strong>of</strong> salts on<br />

rate constants <strong>and</strong> half-times <strong>of</strong> penetration <strong>of</strong> Ca salts into adaxial epidermis <strong>of</strong> Vicia faba leaf<br />

disks <strong>and</strong> across CM <strong>of</strong> Populus canescens at 20 ◦ C <strong>and</strong> 100% humidity. (Redrawn from data <strong>of</strong><br />

Schönherr <strong>and</strong> Schreiber 2004a, b <strong>and</strong> Schlegel et al. 2005)<br />

lactobionate<br />

2.8<br />

4.4<br />

7.0<br />

11<br />

18<br />

28<br />

44<br />

Half time (h)

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