10.1007/s40204-017-0070-1

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

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  • Oluwashina Philips Gbenebor1,
  • Emmanuel Isaac Akpan*2,
  • Samson Oluropo Adeosun1,
  1. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of Lagos, Lagos, NG
  2. Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH, Kaiserslautern, 67663, DE
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Published in Issue 2017-07-19

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Gbenebor, O. P., Akpan, E. I., & Adeosun, S. O. (2017). Thermal, structural and acetylation behavior of snail and periwinkle shells chitin. Progress in Biomaterials, 6(3 (September 2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40204-017-0070-1
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Abstract

Abstract 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, deproteinization and deacetylation of the samples. Thermal characteristics, morphology, degree of de-acetylation, crystalline structure and hydrogen bonding characteristics of the extracted chitin were examined. Infra-red spectra, thermogravimetric analysis and X-ray diffraction patterns show that demineralization with 1.7 M HCl led to a successful removal of CaCO 3 . Subsequent deproteinization and deacetylation with 1.2 M NaOH led to a development of chitosan having a degree of deacetylation of 77 and 60% for periwinkle and snail shells, respectively. Generally, all results show that different treatments led to different chitin structure and consequently different properties.

Keywords

  • Chitin,
  • Chitosan,
  • Macromolecules,
  • Deacetylation,
  • Biofillers
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