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Thermal Degradation of Cellulose and Chitin in Supercritical Acetone
Author(s) -
Köll Peter,
Metzger Jürgen
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197807541
Subject(s) - chitin , supercritical fluid , acetone , degradation (telecommunications) , cellulose , polymer , polymer science , chemistry , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , materials science , chitosan , computer science , telecommunications , engineering
Degradation of natural or man‐made polymers in supercritical acetone offers considerable advantages because sensitive products can be detected and secondary reactions largely suppressed. Cellulose and chitin serve as examples to demonstrate the conveint nature of this procedure.