Physical Properties of Chitosan Film made from Crab Shell

꽃게 껍질에서 분리제조한 키틴산 필름의 물성에 관한 연구

Chitin was isolated from the residue of enzymatically hydrolyzed crab, Portunus trituberculatus, and further deacetylated by alkaline boiling to make chitosan. The physical properties of chitosan solution and its film forming properties were examined. The functional characteristics of chitosan film were compared to those of cellophane, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polyethylene (PE) films. The proximate chemical composition of chitin obtained from crab residue was 6.95% nitrogen, 0.3% crude ash and 4.57% moisture and the product yield was 12.8% based on a dry material basis. The degree of deacetylation of chitosan was $79{\sim}92%$ and $70{\sim}86%$ as determined by IR spectroscopy, and $70{\sim}86%$ as determined by colloid titration method each respectively. The chitosan at 1% acetic acid solution showed distinct pseudoplastic flow behavior. The flow behavior index and consistency index were 0.8886, 0.2084 $MPa{\cdot}s^n$ for 0.4% solution and 0.8498, 0.6190 $MPa{\cdot}s^n$ for 0.8% solution, respectively. The chitosan film had the highest tensile strength $(888 kg/cm^2)$ and water permeability $(100\;g/m^2{\cdot}24\;hrs)$ among the tested films, but relatively low elongation property (49%). It showed the similar tear strength (90kg/cm) and light permeability (87.7%) to other films tested in spite of the relatively high haze value (12.5%). As the thickness of chitosan film increased from 0.025 to 0.050 mm, the tensile strength of film decreased distictively, and the degree of elongation, tear strength, and water permeability of film also decreased slightly. Whereas the light permeability of film did not change and the haziness of film slightly increased by the increase of film thickness.

꽃게(portunus trituberculatus)의 껍질로부터 chitin을 분리한 후 탈아세틸화하여 만든 chitosan 용액의 물성 및 film 형성 특성을 조사하였고 chitosan film의 기능성을 cellophane, PVC 및 PE film과 비교 실험하였다. 분리한 chitin의 화학적 조성은 질소 6.95%, 조회분 0.3% 및 수분 4.57%이었으며 수율은 건조 꽃게 폐기물의 12.8%이었다. IR spectroscopy에 의한 chitosan의 탈아세틸화도는 $79{\sim}92%$였고 colloide 적정법에서는 $70{\sim}86%$측정되었다. 1% 초산용액에 용해시킨 0.4%와 0.8% chitosan 용액은 뚜렷한 의사가소성 유통 거동을 나타냈으며 유동거동지수와 점조도지수는 0.4% chitosan 용액에서 0.8886과 0.2084 $MPa{\cdot}s^n$이었고 0.8% chitosan 용액에서는 0.8498과 0.6190 $MPa{\cdot}s^n$을 나타냈다. Film의 물성측정에서 chitosan film은 인장강도$(888\;kg/cm^2)$와 투습도 $(110\;g/m^2{\cdot}24\;hr)$에서 높게 나타났으며 낮은 신장율을 보였다. 인열강도와 광선투과율은 PVC 및 PE film과 유사하였고 haziness에서 가장 높게 나타났다. Chitosan film의 두께가 0.025에서 0.050 mm로 증가함에 따라 인장강도는 급격히 감소하였고 신장율과 인열강도 및 투습도는 완만히 감소했으며 반면에 광선투과율은 거의 변하지 않았으며 hazines는 증가하는 경향을 나타냈다.