Activity coefficients of the peptide and the electrolyte in ternary systems water+glycylglycine+NaCl, +NaBr, +KCl and +KBr at 298.2 K Original Research Article

The activity coefficients of glycylglycine in four aqueous electrolyte solutions (+NaCl, +NaBr, +KCl and +KBr) were obtained at 298.2 K. The mean ionic activity coefficient of the electrolyte in aqueous solutions containing the peptide was determined from measurements of the potential differences of a cation and an anion ion-selective-electrode, each vs. a double junction reference electrode. The results show that the nature of the anion has a major effect on the activity coefficients of glycylglycine. Comparison of activity coefficient data for glycylglycine with literature data for glycine, both in aqueous NaCl solutions, indicates that the effect of the electrolyte is larger for the peptide than for the amino acid. For the peptide, in all cases, the effect of the electrolyte is more important at low molalities of the electrolyte. The Wilson equation was used to correlate the activity coefficient data obtained. The correlation results were satisfactory for the region of concentrated electrolyte.