Table 1.
Theoretical (Theo) and experimental (Exp) elemental compositions, crosslinker content, and yield percentage for Ch, Ch/HA and Ch/HAMA membranes.
| Membrane Sample |
C a | H a | N a | C/N a | G1Phy Content (%) b,c | Yield (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theo | Exp | Theo | Exp | Theo | Exp | Theo | Exp | |||
| Ch | 44.9 | 43.03 ± 0.33 | 6.80 | 6.86 ± 0.01 | 8.60 | 8.24 ± 0.10 | 5.2 | 5.22 ± 0.02 | 5.4 ± 0.1 | 95.3 ± 1.1 |
| Ch/HA | 44.7 | 42.72 ± 0.11 | 6.53 | 6.77 ± 0.09 | 7.36 | 8.12 ± 0.11 | 6.1 | 5.25 ± 0.07 | 4.9 ± 0.5 | 75.0 ± 0.6 |
| Ch/HAMA | 44.7 | 42.11 ± 0.18 | 6.53 | 6.58 ± 0.15 | 7.36 | 7.21 ± 0.19 | 6.1 | 5.83 ± 0.15 | 2.5 ± 0.4 | 93.5 ± 2.5 |
a Determined by elemental analysis. b Determined by ICP. c Gram of G1Phy per gram of membrane × 100.