Enhancement of Chitin's Degree of Deacetylation by Multistage Alkali Treatments

Iranian Polymer Journal (English Edition)

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-136

  Yaghobi, Nakisa ^a   Mirzadeh, Hamid ^a  

^a IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chitin; Chitosan; Degree of deacetylation; Multistage treatments; Nitrogen content

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIFFUSION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; NITROGEN;

DEGREE OF DEACETYLATION; MULTISTAGE CONTENT; NITROGEN CONTENT;

CHITIN;

EID: 1942472169     PISSN: 10261265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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