Solubility and property of chitin in NaOH/urea aqueous solution

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 451-458

  Hu, Xianwen ^a,b   Du, Yumin ^a   Tang, Yufeng ^a   Wang, Qun ^a   Feng, Tao ^a   Yang, Jianhong ^a   Kennedy, John F ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chitin; Dissolution conditions; NaOH Urea aqueous solution; Solution property

Indexed keywords

CAUSTIC SODA; DISSOLUTION; NEWTONIAN FLOW; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS; UREA; VISCOSITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DISSOLUTION CONDITIONS; PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUIDS; SOLVENT COMPOSITION;

CHITIN;

EID: 34548734086     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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