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POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY
Volume 92, Issue 3, Pages 359-362Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2006.12.006
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chitosan; degradation; synergetic effect; gamma radiation; hydrogen peroxide
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Chitosan samples were irradiated by (CO)-C-60 gamma-rays in the presence of hydrogen peroxide with radiation dose from 10 kGy to 100 kGy. The degradation was monitored by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), revealing the existence of a synergetic effect on the degradation. Structures of the degraded products were characterized with Fourier-transform infrared spectra (FT-IR), ultraviolet-visible spectral (UV-vis) analysis, and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Results showed that the crystallinity of chitosan decreases with degradation, and the crystalline state of water-soluble chitosan is entirely different from that of water-insoluble chitosan. An elemental analysis method was employed to investigate changes in the element content of chitosan after degradation. Mechanism of chitosan radiation degradation with and without hydrogen peroxide was also discussed. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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