A quantitative theory of the precipitin reaction

Abstract

A quantitative theory of the precipitin reaction based on the laws of classical chemistry has been tested on an azoprotein-antiprotein system and found to apply. With its aid relationships may be deduced which permit the calculation of the behavior of an antidye serum over its entire range after a few quantitative chemical analyses have been made for antigen and antibody in the precipitate. An empirical relation is also presented which further reduces the number of analyses necessary. © 1935, Rockefeller University Press., All rights reserved.