All chemicals are purchased by Aldrich unless otherwise mentioned.
Chitosan (CS) of M.Wt. 10,000.00 was used. Characterization
of the obtained materials were achieved in the
department including FT-IR Spectroscopy using Perkin–
Elmer FT-IR Spectrometer, thermal analysis using Shimadzu
Thermal Analyzer and determination of the concentration of
metal ions using ICP-OES instrument.