Chitosan

Chitosan

  • Description

CAS: 9012-76-4

Properties

White, non-toxic, tasteless, amorphous translucent solid, soluble in acid, insoluble in water and alkali, not soluble in common organic solvents, at 185 ° C decomposition.

Usage:

Widely used in the following industries: pharmaceuticals, food, health care, textile , dyeing and printing, leather, coating, tobacco, plastics, cosmetics, feed, color film, paper making, bioengineering, agriculture protecting and sewage treatment etc. 

1. as food additives Thickeners, fruit and vegetable, fruit juice clarifying agent, forming agents, adsorbents and health food;

2.Widely used in the Pharmaceutical and health products. It can be used as artificial skin, Can chelate heavy metals, regulate body PH value, enhance the quality and quantity of immune cells, and strengthen liver function. It is vigorously applied to health food and medicine additives. 

3.In the field of environmental protection: Chitosan and its derivatives are very good flocculants can be used for waste water treatment and recycling metals from metal-containing wastewater;

4.In the textile field: as a mordant, health care fabric, sizing agents, auxiliaries, etc.

5.In the agricultural sector: as growth promoters, bio-pesticides, feed additives, seed treatment

6.In the tobacco fields: as tobacco sheet adhesive, low tar filter and so on.

Specification:

Item

Pharmaceutical Grade 

Food grade

Industrial grade

Appearance

White powder

White powder

White or light yellow translucent sheet Tilting or powder

Degree of deacetylation, %

≥85,90, 95

≥85, 90, 95

≥80, 85, 90

pH

7.0-8.0

7.0-8.0

7.0-8.0

Loss on drying , %

≤10

≤10

≤12

Residue on ignition , %

≤1.0

≤1.0

≤2.0

Insoluble matter  %

≤1.0

≤1.0

≤2.0

Pb), ppm

≤10

≤10

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As , ppm

≤0.5

≤0.5

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Total bacterial count, cfu/g

≤1000

≤1000

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Yeast, cfu/g

≤100

≤100

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E. coli

Negative

Negative

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salmonella

Negative

Negative

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Viscosity (1%solution,20), mpa.s

30-1000

 Particle size, mesh

40, 60, 80, 100

Package: 25kg/drum or bag, or according to the customer requirement.

 

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