Effect of salts on the formation and properties of microcrystalline cellulose and chitosan gels

Holzforschung

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 665-669

  Laka, Marianna ^a   Chernyavskaya, Svetlana ^a  

^a LATVIAN STATE INSTITUTE OF WOOD CHEMISTRY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Anions; Cations; Chitosan; Gels; Microcrystalline cellulose; Thermocatalytic method; Viscosity; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

AMINE GROUPS; CARBOXYL GROUPS; CATIONS; CELLULOSE SURFACES; CHITOSAN GEL; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LEVELLING-OFF DEGREE OF POLYMERISATION; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; NEGATIVE CHARGE; POLYVALENT CATIONS; POSITIVE CHARGES; STRONG GELS; SULPHATES;

CELLULOSE; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; DISPERSIONS; GELS; POSITIVE IONS; PULP MATERIALS; SALTS; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

RAW MATERIALS;

ANIONS; CATIONS; CELLULOSE; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; DISPERSIONS; GELS; INORGANIC SALTS; PULPS; RAW MATERIALS; VISCOSITY;

CRUSTACEA;

EID: 73449104293     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2009.116     Document Type: Article

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