FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (4): 80-82.

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Properties of Colloidal Sol of Microcrystalline Chitin

 WANG  Shan-Rong, JIANG  Mei   

  1. College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agriculture University
  • Online:2004-04-15 Published:2011-10-24

Abstract: Microcrystalline Chitin was made from chitin flakes treated with 2.5N hydrochloric acid at 20min. MicrocrystallineChitin sol was made from Microcrystalline Chitin sheared in water at fastest velocity and 12.5min. The viscosity and stabilityof sol in the different temperature 、pH and eletrolyte are studied.

Key words: microcrystalline Chitin, viscosity, stability, sol