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Liquid–solid equilibria and supercooling of Custodiol® in isochoric thermodynamic systems at subfreezing temperatures

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: There is growing interest in using isochoric freezing and isochoric supercooling for preservation of biological matter at subfreezing temperatures. Custodiol® is a commonly used intracellular composition type, subnormothermic preservation solution. It is anticipated that Custodiol® will also be used for isochoric freezing and isochoric supercooling preservation of biological matter. The thermodynamic properties of Custodiol® at subfreezing temperatures as well as the metastable behavior of the solution at subfreezing temperatures were not studied in the past. This study was designed to generate the thermodynamic data needed for the use of Custodiol® for preservation of biological matter in isochoric systems at subfreezing temperatures. The experiments were performed in a specially designed isochoric chamber, that can measure simultaneously the temperature and pressure in the isochoric chamber, and thereby corelate pressure and temperature at thermodynamic equilibrium in isochoric systems as well as the nucleation temperature in isochoric supercooling.

Source: Physics of Fluids

DOI: 10.1063/5.0169216