Rheological behaviour of chitin in NaOH/urea aqueous solution

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1128-1133

  Hu, Xianwen ^a,b   Tang, Yufeng ^b   Wang, Qun ^b   Li, Yan ^b   Yang, Jianhong ^b   Du, Yumin ^b   Kennedy, John F ^c  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Institute of Advanced Science and Technology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chitin; Gel; NaOH urea aqueous solution; Rheological behaviour

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS MEDIUM; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; GELATION TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; NAOH/UREA AQUEOUS SOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR; SOLUTION PROPERTY; STEADY SHEAR; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

COAGULATION; GELATION; GELS; METABOLISM; RHEOLOGY; SOLUTIONS; UREA;

CHITIN;

EID: 78650292224     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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