8 Nebraska Agricultural Exp. Station, Research BuL 8. 
Table 4. — 0.005 M salt solutions and varying concentrations of 
lactic acid. 
Wt. of water absorbed in g. per g. of moist gluten 
solution 
0.005 M 
K2C4H4O6 
0.005 M 
K2HPO4 
0.005 M 
KCl 
0.005 M 
CaCl2 
No salt 
No acid 
—0.11 
—0.14 
—0.11 
—0.11 
—0.01 
0.002 N 
—0.06 
—0.012 
0.49 
0.25 
1.39 
0.005 N 
0.04 
0.16 
0.77 
0.42 
1.50 
0.01 N 
0.25 
0.63 
0.98 
0.57 
1.81 
0.02 N 
0.55 
0.86 
1.28 
0.68 
1.87 
0.04 N 
0.73 
0.97 
1.30 
0.89 
1.72 
0.1 N 
1.06 
1.12 
1.43 
0.96 
1.69 
