Highly Deacetylated Chitosan as Low-cost Adsorbent Material for Removal of Heavy Metals from Water
Anuge Benedicta Olohigbe, Ogbemudia Ruth Etiosa & Okiei Wesley · Asian Journal of Physical and Chemical Sciences · 2018
Background and Aim: Chitin, a naturally occurring polysaccharide was isolated from the shells of crabs. The chitin was chemically modified to give alkali chitin, carboxymethyl chitin, highly deacetylated CM chitosan and highly deacetylated chitosan. The highly deacetylated chito...
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10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/38599