The kinetics of chitosan depolymerisation at different temperatures

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1344-1348

  Morris, Gordon A ^a   Castile, Jonathan ^a   Smith, Alan ^a   Adams, Gary G ^a   Harding, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activation energies; Chitosan; Intrinsic viscosity; Kinetics; Molar mass; Stability

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE MOLAR MASS; CHITOSAN SOLUTION; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; GOOD CORRELATIONS; INTRINSIC VISCOSITY; MULTIANGLE LASER LIGHT SCATTERING; ROLLING BALLS; SEC-MALLS; STORAGE CONDITION; STORAGE TIME;

CHITIN; CHITOSAN; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLAR MASS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; STABILITY; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

EID: 67650239142     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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