Open AccessOPTIMALIZATION OF CHITIN REACTION PROCESS CONDITIONS INTO CHITOSAN FROM SCALLOP SHELLS (PLACUNA PLACENTA)
Author(s) -
Kurnia Pratiwi Agustin,
Benny Arif Pambudiarto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal universitas muhammadiyah gresik engineering, social science, and health international conference
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2797-1058
DOI - 10.30587/umgeshic.v1i2.3437
Subject(s) - chitin , chitosan , chemistry , placenta , chemical engineering , process (computing) , shell (structure) , base (topology) , nuclear chemistry , food science , materials science , biochemistry , biology , composite material , mathematics , engineering , fetus , pregnancy , mathematical analysis , computer science , genetics , operating system
In 2009, the total production of Placuna placenta reached 68.27 tons in central java. The implication of that is causing a pile of waste from shell which contain 14 – 35% of chitin. Chitin can be further processed into chitosan, a compound that has anti-bacterial properties, following 3 processes and one of them is the deacetylation process. The process is removing the acetyl group from chitin through a heating process with the addition of base at a high concentration. The results showed that optimum process obtained at temperature 750C and base concentration 70% W/V. Similar results were obtained for these results on 3 times repetation. In further, related research will use the following optimized process conditions.