"Green" molecular weight degradation of chitosan using microwave irradiation

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 863-867

  Wasikiewicz, Jaroslaw M ^a   Yeates, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Degradation; Energy efficiency; Microwave; Molecular weight

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED ENERGY; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DEGRADATION YIELDS; HIGH ENERGY RADIATION; MECHANOCHEMICALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DEGRADATION; OSCILLATING MOLECULES; WEIGHT-AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

DEGRADATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICROWAVES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

CHITOSAN;

EID: 84875269151     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.12.028     Document Type: Article

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