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Observations on regenerated chitin films

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Chitin films regenerated from shrimp shell waste were studied in order to determine stress-strain behaviour and tensile strengths as related to preferential chain orientation.

Plastic deformation of the chitin films was observed to cause a decrease in the transmission of visible light and the stress-strain behaviour could be described approximately by a linear Bingham model incorporating work-hardening.

The properties of chitin films were observed to deteriorate both in strength and dyestuff affinity over a 30-year period.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

    I. Joffe

  2. Department of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

    H. R. Hepburn

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Joffe, I., Hepburn, H.R. Observations on regenerated chitin films. J Mater Sci 8, 1751–1754 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02403527

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