The mechanism of chitosan degradation by gamma and e-beam irradiation

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 543-548

  Gryczka, U ^a   Dondi, D ^b   Chmielewski, A G ^a   Migdal, W ^a   Buttafava, A ^b   Faucitano, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chitosan; EPR spectroscopy; Radiation degradation

Indexed keywords

AMINO GROUP; DOSE RANGE; E-BEAM IRRADIATION; EPR SPECTRA; EPR SPECTROSCOPY; FTIR; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NUMBER AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RADIATION DEGRADATION; RADIOLYSIS MECHANISM; RADIOLYTIC DEGRADATION; RELATED PRODUCTS; STABLE NITROXYL RADICALS;

CARBOHYDRATES; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ETHERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GELATION; OXYGEN; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PETROLEUM TAR; PHOTODEGRADATION; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOLYSIS;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

CHITOSAN; HYDROXYLAMINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RADIOLYSIS; VALIDITY;

EID: 67349202495     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2009.03.081     Document Type: Article

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