Chitosan

Extract Name: Chitosan

Abbr. Name: Soluble Chitin, Chitosan Glucosamine, Chitosan Chitin

Extract Category: Herbal Extract

Extract Class: Herbal Extracts

Chitosan Detail:

Chitosan

Alias Molecular formula and molecular weight
Soluble Chitin, Chitosan Glucosamine, Chitosan Chitin, B-(1->4)-2-deoxy-D-glucan

Character
The product, without approved appearance, no tasty, no poison, no fixed transparent solid, to be able to be dissolved concentrated acid, no resolved in water and alkali as well asorganic solvent, decomposed at 185 C

Application
Widely used in textiles, dyeing, leather, paints, cigarettes, plastics, cosmetics, food, fodder, medicine, health, color film, paper, biological engineering, agriculture crop protection, sewage treatment, and other fields.

Products/Index

Items	Pharmaceutical Grade	Food Grade	Industrial Grade
Appearance	Off-white powder	Off-white powder	White to Light Yellow Flake
Deacetylated Degree%	>90%,95%	>85%,90%,95%	>70%, >80%.>85%,90%,
PH Value	7.0-8.0	7.0-8.0	7.0-8.0
Loss on Drying	<8%	<10%	<12%
Residue on lgnition	<0.5%	<1.0%	<2.0%
Insoluble Matter	<1.0%	<1.0%	<2.0%
ppm Heavy Metals ppm	<=10ppm	<=10ppm
ppm Arsenic ppm	<=0.5ppm	<=0.5ppm
cfu/g Total Plate Count cfu/g	<=1000cfu/g	<=1000cfu/g
mpa.s Viscosity mpa.s	50~800mpa.s
Particle Size	40mesh, 60mesh, 80mesh, 100mesh
Packing	Packing for medical and food grade:20.0kg,25kg/fiber drum(38.0cm48.0cm,or 42.0cm60.0cm) or according to order.