Flocculation efficiency of modified water soluble chitosan versus commonly used commercial polyelectrolytes

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 317-322

  Rojas Reyna, Rosana ^a   Schwarz, Simona ^a   Heinrich, Gert ^a   Petzold, Gudrun ^a   Schütze, Sandra ^a   Bohrisch, Jörg ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Clay dispersion; Flocculation; Polyacrylamide; PolyDADMAC

Indexed keywords

CLAY DISPERSION; CLAY TYPE; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; FLOC SIZE; FLOCCULATION EFFICIENCY; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; MODIFIED CHITOSAN; POLYACRY LAMIDE; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; POSITIVELY CHARGED; RESTABILIZATION; TURBIDITY MEASUREMENTS; WATER-SOLUBLE CHITOSAN;

CHITIN; CHITOSAN; DISPERSIONS; TURBIDITY;

FLOCCULATION;

EID: 77953136374     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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