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Thermal, structural and acetylation behavior of snail and periwinkle shells chitin

This article reports a successful removal of CaCO(3) from snail and periwinkle shells for the purpose of producing high quality chitin for possible application as bio-fillers in bone fixation materials. Experiment was designed with varying concentrations of acid and alkali for demineralization, depr...

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Autores principales: Gbenebor, Oluwashina Philips, Akpan, Emmanuel Isaac, Adeosun, Samson Oluropo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5597570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28726011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40204-017-0070-1