Fabrication and characterization of chitosan films from crab shell waste

Authors

Efren G. Gumayan Natural Science Department, Iloilo Science and Technology University
Paz Victoria T. Ramos Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, Isabela State University Cabagan Campus
Marco Laurence M. Budlayan Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
Raphael A. Guerrero Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University

Abstract

We report the successful fabrication of chitosan films extracted from crab shell waste. Four major steps were involved in the extraction of chitosan: demineralization, deproteination, depigmentation, and deacetylation. Extracted chitosan was dissolved in a solvent and placed in a plastic container to fabricate a film. The film exhibited hydrophilicity with a recorded static contact angle of 58.61°, and solubility was recorded to be 17% with a swelling degree of 365%.

About the Speaker

Marco Laurence M. Budlayan, Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University

PhD Physics Student, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City

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Issue

2022: Proceedings of the 40th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference

Article ID

SPP-2022-PA-06

Section

Poster Session A (Materials Science, Instrumentation, and Photonics)

Published

2022-09-16

How to Cite

[1]

EG Gumayan, PVT Ramos, MLM Budlayan, and RA Guerrero, Fabrication and characterization of chitosan films from crab shell waste, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 40, SPP-2022-PA-06 (2022). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2022-PA-06.