DO CHANGES IN CELL-SHAPE AFFECT SUSPENSION CONDUCTIVITY

The conductivity of a suspension containing uniformly oriented asymmet ric cells depends on the shape of the cells. Whether the shape of cell s with random spatial orientation also affects the conductivity of a s uspension is not clear. A highly sensitive apparatus was used to regis ter the dynamic changes in conductivity of erythrocyte suspension, upo n induced morphological transformation (discocytes reversible spherocy tes). The results obtained with a sensitivity of up to 0.06% show that the drastic change of cell shape itself did not affect the suspension conductivity.