Extraction of chitosan, characterisation and its use for water purification

Alaa Jabbar Al-Manhel; Asaad Rehman Saeed Al-Hilphy; Alaa Kareem Niamah

doi:10.1016/j.jssas.2016.04.001

What is it about?

The chitosan is a unique material whose properties can be used in many aspects

Why is it important?

The chitosan is a cheap material and it has many bioactive properties such as antibacterial and antioxidant.The chitosan can use in water purification because of its combination with salts causing hardness of water.

Perspectives

The purification process needs a lot of money. Agricultural residues can be used for water purification.
Prof. Dr. Alaa Kareem Niamah
University of Basrah

This page is a summary of: Extraction of chitosan, characterisation and its use for water purification, Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences, April 2018, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jssas.2016.04.001.
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Extraction of chitosan, characterisation and its use for water purification
Chitosan is a biomaterial, primarily produced from the alkaline deacetylation (40–50% NaOH) of chitin where this N-deacetylation is almost never complete. The chitosan is considered as a partially N-deacetylated derivative of chitin. It is an abundant natural biopolymer obtained from the exoskeletons of crustaceans and arthropods which is a non toxic

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