Dilute solution viscosity of red microalga exopolysaccharide

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1487-1494

  Eteshola, Edward ^a   Gottlieb, Moshe ^a   Arad, Shoshana ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ENCAPSULATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; STIFFNESS; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

CHAIN FLEXIBILITY; COUNTERION; DILUTE SOLUTION; GROWTH MEDIUM; HETEROPOLYELECTROLYTE; PORPHYRIDIUM; RED MICROALGA EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; XANTHAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 0030152972     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(95)00305-3     Document Type: Article

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