Chitin CAS 1398-61-4
In nature, chitin is widely found in the shells of lower plant fungi, shrimp, crabs, insects and other crustaceans, and in the cell walls of higher plants. It is a linear polymer polysaccharide, that is, natural neutral mucopolysaccharide. Chitin is a kind of white amorphous powder, odorless, tasteless. Chitin can be dissolved in dimethylacetamide or concentrated acid containing 8% lithium chloride; Insoluble in water, dilute acid, base, ethanol or other organic solvents.
| Item | Specification |
| Melting point | >300°C |
| Boiling point | 737.18°C |
| Density | 1.3744 |
| Water solubility | insoluble |
| Refractive index | 1.6000 |
| LogP | -2.640 |
Chitin and its derivatives have important applications in medicine, chemical industry, health food and so on, and have broad application prospects. For the production of soluble chitin and glucosamine, can be used as cosmetics and functional food additives, can be prepared photographic emulsion and other chitin is an important raw material for the production of chitosan, glucosamine series products.
25kg/drum or according to customer requirements.
Chitin CAS 1398-61-4
Chitin CAS 1398-61-4
