Swelling and partial solubilization of alginic acid gel beads in acidic buffer

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-215

  Draget, K I ^a   Skjak Braek G ^a   Christensen, B E ^a   Gaserod O ^a   Smidsrod O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH EFFECTS; SOLUBILITY; SWELLING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ACETATE BUFFER; ALGINIC ACID GEL BEADS; GULURONIC ACID; MANNURONIC ACID;

GELS;

EID: 0030092648     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0144-8617(96)00029-X     Document Type: Article

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