Analysis of Water Adsorption on Chitosan and Its Blends with Hydroxypropylcellulose

Abstract

Chitosan (CH) and hydroxypropylcellulose (HPC) adsorb water easily by hydrogen bonds formed with hydroxyl and amide groups present in their structures. Heat of adsorption is a thermodynamic parameter which is used to estimate the type of adsorbate molecule bond on a solid surface, among the others. Adsorption of water from vapour phase on chitosan, hydroxypropylcellulose and blends of both biopolymers in the form of films were carried out. Isotherms of water adsorption in the samples were described by the GAB equation. Correlations between mass fraction of chitosan in the sample (w f ) and the values of GAB coefficients were obtained. From parameter c in the GAB equation mean heat of adsorption of the first monomolecular layer of water molecules E 1 , and pure molar heat of adsorption q were determined.

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