Whether the mixture is under one
or the other condition, it will present completely
different functional properties. In general, thermodynamic
incompatibility, also known as
segregative phase separation, occurs at high
concentrations and high ionic strengths, when
both molecules carry similar charges, thus
resulting in an electrostatic repulsion between
molecules and leading to the formation of two
different phases, one rich in protein and the other
one rich in polysaccharide.