Highly absorbent, gelling fibres were produced using wet-spinning.
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The fibres are composed of alginate and hydrolysed chitosan.
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The pH of the chitosan bath greatly effected the gelling of the fibre.
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The fibres were produced using, sodium alginate, hydrolysed chitosan, and calcium chloride.
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The fibres contained >4.50 wt% chitosan and absorbed >50.0 g/g deionised water