Industrial grade chitosan

General name: chitosan; deacetylated chitin; poly glucosamine; Kitosan
Scientific name: β-1,4-poly-D-glucosamine
Molecular formula : (C₆H₁₁NO₄)_n
CAS No. 9012-76-4
HS No. 2922 5000

Characteristic
Chitosan is extracted from crab shell or shrimp shell.
It is white or off-white amorphous translucent powder or small flake, and it is insoluble in water or alkali solution, but is soluble in most organic acid and part inorganic acid. 

Application fields
water treatment;
feedstudff;
agriculture;
fertilizer;
paper making;
dye printing;
other fields

Structure

Raw material
From offing-sea crab shell or shrimp shell.

Specification