This study was aimed at providing information on how Na sulphate, K sulphate, Ca sulphate and Mg sulphate supporting electrolytes affect the permeation of hypotonic Na chloride, K chloride, Ca chloride and Mg chloride ions through Red Blood Cell (RBC) membrane while the RBCs haemolyse using a UV/Vis spectrophotometer. The effects of the supporting electrolytes were deduced from the changes in their respective rates of permeation through RBC membranes during haemolysis. Na2SO4 added to NaCl and MgSO4 to MgCl2 resulted in a decrease in permeation rate of the resultant solutions while the addition of K2SO4 to KCl and the addition of CaSO4 to CaCl2 resulted in an increase in permeation rate. In this research there was no regular pattern of permeation and since NaSO4 and MgSO4 decreased NaCl and MgCl2 permeability respectively, then the increase in the permeability of KCl and CaCl2 may not be as a result of the increase of K+ and Ca2+ concentration in K2SO4+KCl solution and CaCl2+CaSO4 solution respectively.
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Supporting Electrolyte, Permeability, Red Blood Cell, Membrane, Chlorides, Sulphates
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abstract = {This study was aimed at providing information on how Na sulphate, K sulphate, Ca sulphate and Mg sulphate supporting electrolytes affect the permeation of hypotonic Na chloride, K chloride, Ca chloride and Mg chloride ions through Red Blood Cell (RBC) membrane while the RBCs haemolyse using a UV/Vis spectrophotometer. The effects of the supporting electrolytes were deduced from the changes in their respective rates of permeation through RBC membranes during haemolysis. Na2SO4 added to NaCl and MgSO4 to MgCl2 resulted in a decrease in permeation rate of the resultant solutions while the addition of K2SO4 to KCl and the addition of CaSO4 to CaCl2 resulted in an increase in permeation rate. In this research there was no regular pattern of permeation and since NaSO4 and MgSO4 decreased NaCl and MgCl2 permeability respectively, then the increase in the permeability of KCl and CaCl2 may not be as a result of the increase of K+ and Ca2+ concentration in K2SO4+KCl solution and CaCl2+CaSO4 solution respectively.},
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