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Chitosan calcium carbonate composites: Biomimetic mineralization of aqueous carbonate ions into chitosan calcium alginate hydrogels

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ADVANCES IN CHEMICAL CONVERSIONS FOR MITIGATING CARBON DIOXIDE, (1998)

Abstract

Two hydrogels of calcium alginate and chitosan-calcium alginate composite were prepared from Na alginate and its composite with chitosan by soaking in 0.1M aq. CaCl2. A biomimic fixation of aqueous CO32- ions as CaCO3 was performed. Each of the hydrogels was put into a dialysis membrane with and was soaked in 0.1 M aq. Na2CO3 (PH ii) at room temperature for day to afford a white precipitate of CaCO3 or chitosan-CaCO3 and a water-soluble sodium alginate. The dry chitosan-CaCO3 composite (60% chitosan and 23% CO32-) was stable in aqueous alkaline solutions and unstable in aqueous acidic solutions.

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