Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1992, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (7): 1008.

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Studies on Kinetics of Deacetylation of Chitin in Heterogeneous Alkaline Solution

CHEN Bing-ren   

  1. Department of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631
  • Received:1992-02-13 Online:1992-07-24 Published:1992-07-24

Abstract: The kinetics of the deacetylation of chitin in the heterogeneous alkaline solution was studied.The results show that the kinetics of deacetylation of chitin conforms to a pseudo first order.The apparent activation energy of deacetylation was found to be 35.63 kJ/mol.

Key words: Chitin, Heterogeneity, Deacetylation, Kinetics, Activation energy

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