A new foaming technique for production of superabsorbents from carboxymethyl chitosan

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1091-1101

  Zamani, Akram ^a,b   Henriksson, Dag ^a   Taherzadeh, Mohammad J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carboxymethyl chitosan; Foaming technique; Glutaraldehyde; n Pentane; Superabsorbent

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CARBOXYMETHYL CHITOSAN; CROSS LINKING AGENTS; CROSSLINKED; DRIED PRODUCTS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GLUTARALDEHYDES; HIGH WATER; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; N-PENTANE; NACL SOLUTION; POLYMER NETWORKS; POROUS STRUCTURES; PURE WATER; RESPONSE SURFACE; STABLE FOAMS; SUPER ABSORBENT; SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER; SUPERABSORBENTS;

ALDEHYDES; BLOWING AGENTS; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; HYDROGELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OVENS; POLYMERS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STOVES;

PARAFFINS;

EID: 77950370772     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2010.01.029     Document Type: Article

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