Production of Chitosan from Crabshells using MIcrowave 


Vol. 7,  No. 4, pp. 281-290, Dec.  2001


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A microwave-assisted process to prepare chitosan from natural crabshells has been investigated. This study was primarily to examine the effectiveness of microwave as clean energy for chitosan preparation. Several human-edible organic acids were used as clean catalyst, possibly to improve the current HCl-based hydrolysis process of polymeric chitosan. The microwave was found to be effective substantially in reducing the reaction time. Nonetheless, no beneficial effect of microwave other than time, such as the chemical selectivity, was hardly observed. The organic acids were very effective in the hydrolysis reaction of polymeric chitosan. Their catalytic behavior was greatly improved especially when reactions were performed under pressure. In the case of autoclave reaction for 60 minutes at 120 ℃, viscous solution of polymeric chitosan (mol. wt. > 300,000) turned into thin solutions of water-like viscosity, which means chitosan molecules were decomposed to very small-sized oligomers.

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[IEEE Style]

C. GJ, "Production of Chitosan from Crabshells using MIcrowave," Clean Technology, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 281-290, 2001. DOI: .

[ACM Style]

Choi GJ. 2001. Production of Chitosan from Crabshells using MIcrowave. Clean Technology, 7, 4, (2001), 281-290. DOI: .

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