Addition of ethanol to acetic acid spinning solutions for high-molecular-weight chitosan significantly accelerates hardening of the films obtained and the chitosan shells on the fibres, increases the homogeneity, and has almost no effect on their deformation-strength properties.
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The research was conducted with the financial support of the RF Ministry of Education in Science (Contract No. 16.740.11.0059).
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Translated from Khimicheskie Volokna, No. 6, pp. 18–21, November-December, 2010.
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Uspenskii, S.A., Sonina, A.N., Vikhoreva, G.A. et al. Structure and properties of chitosan films and chitosan-containing fibres spun from acetic acid, alcohol-containing polymer solutions. Fibre Chem 42, 359–363 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10692-011-9286-3
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