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Chemical modification of alginic acid by ultrasonic irradiation Cover

Chemical modification of alginic acid by ultrasonic irradiation

Open Access
|Mar 2016

Abstract

Abstract: Chemical modification of alginic acid has been done by ultrasonic irradiation to obtain its methylated, ethylated and isopropylated derivatives. The influence of ultrasonic frequency and power on esterification process of alginic acid has been investigated. Alginate derivatives have been characterized by degree of esterification (DE) and IR-FT spectroscopy. It has been found that 45 kHz ultrasonic frequency accelerated modification process as reduced the reaction time from 16 hours to 2 hours. The obtained results showed that ultrasound irradiation increased the reaction efficiency in methanol and depended on the ratio of the M/G.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/asn-2016-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2603-347X | Journal ISSN: 2367-5144
Language: English
Page range: 13 - 18
Submitted on: Oct 30, 2015
Accepted on: Mar 11, 2016
Published on: Mar 26, 2016
Published by: Konstantin Preslavski University of Shumen
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2016 Dilyana Murdzheva, Panteley Denev, published by Konstantin Preslavski University of Shumen
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