Physical Chemistry of Proteins
Cohn is also well-remembered for his studies of the physical chemistry of proteins, particularly his general "salting out" equation for protein solubility (1925)
where is the protein solubility constant and and are constants characteristic of the particular ion S whose concentration (or, more correctly, activity) is . This equation is identical to the Setschenow solubility equation (Setschenow, 1889)
Cohn was a long-time collaborator and friend of another important physical chemist, George Scatchard.
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