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What's Chitin And Chitosan Made Of?

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#1 unchalee

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Posted 06 February 2016 - 04:12 AM

What's chitin and chitosan made of?



#2 fallah

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Posted 06 February 2016 - 04:21 AM

unchalee,

 

Chitosan is produced from deacetylation of chitin which is the structural element of the shrimp skeleton...it's applied as flocculant in water treatment... 


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#3 visist

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Posted 07 February 2016 - 10:22 AM

Chitin and chitosan made from shrimps, crabs and... read more chitin

Chitosan produced with alkali reaction form chitin that alkali such as sodium hydroxide.






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