{"id":10584,"date":"2024-03-12T16:45:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T07:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mecc-nano.com\/?p=10584"},"modified":"2024-03-12T16:54:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T07:54:07","slug":"chitosan-pva-mixed-solution-conductivity-measurement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/technology\/10584\/","title":{"rendered":"Chitosan\/PVA Mixed Solution Conductivity Measurement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:28% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/normal-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10564 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/normal-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/normal-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/normal-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/normal-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/normal.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m Tsumugi, a researcher. This time, I investigated the conductivity of a mixed solution of chitosan and PVA.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tsumugi<\/strong><br>She is a second-year researcher in the Nanofiber Division of MECC.<br>Her hobbies include reading science magazines and the latest<br>research papers, as well as karate. Her special skill is speaking Chinese.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u3000\u3000\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Objective<\/mark><\/strong><br>Pure PVA is highly conductive, but it is written in the literature that adding chitosan greatly reduces the solution&#8217;s conductivity. Curious about whether the conductivity really decreases, I conducted an experiment to see if this effect could provide insights into successful spinning of other natural polymers (such as gelatin) if the conductivity indeed decreases.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Materials<\/mark><\/strong><br>Chitosan: 100<br>PVA\u2460: Gohsenol EG-22P (Mitsubishi Chemical)<br>PVA\u2461: Kuraray Poval 217 (Kuraray)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Solution Preparation<\/mark><\/strong><br>Chitosan was added to a 50wt% acetic acid aqueous solution to make a 3wt% solution, which was then heated and stirred at 80\u00b0C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PVA\u2460 was dissolved in distilled water to make a 10wt% solution, and PVA\u2461 to make a 12.5wt% solution, each heated and stirred at 70\u00b0C.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The chitosan solution and PVA were mixed in a 1:1 ratio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\uff1c<strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Conductivity Measurement<\/mark><\/strong>><br> The conductivity of the produced solution was measured. The results are shown in the table below.<br>\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Table 1. Conductivity Measurement Results of PVA Solution<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Type of solution<\/td><td>Conductivity (mS\/cm)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>PVA\u2460<\/td><td>37.9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>PVA\u2461<\/td><td>604<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chitosan \/ PVA\u2460(1\/1)<\/td><td>1596<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chitosan \/ PVA\u2461(1\/1)<\/td><td>1764<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both PVA\u2460 and \u2461 showed considerably high conductivity. It is likely that the acetic acid in the solution is involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also compared the conductivity in acetic acid and acetic acid aqueous solution.\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Table 2. Conductivity Measurement Results of Acetic Acid<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Type of solution<\/td><td>Conductivity (mS\/cm)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Acetic acid<\/td><td>0.05<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Acetic acid \/ H<sub>2<\/sub>O(1\/1)<\/td><td>868<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conductivity of acetic acid alone was quite low. When made into an aqueous solution, the conductivity increased due to acetic acid being a weak electrolyte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time, the chitosan solution was prepared using the solution preparation procedure we use at our company, which involved using an acetic acid aqueous solution as the solvent. However, the literature only used glacial acetic acid. Next, I want to try creating a chitosan solution with only acetic acid to see if there are any changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I attempted to create a sample with chitosan\/PVA\u2460, but due to the high conductivity, the droplets fell, and I was unable to make a clean sample.\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:36% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/\u753b\u50cf1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10585 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/\u753b\u50cf1.jpg 259w, https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/\u753b\u50cf1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chitosan \/ PVA\u2460 Sample<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:28% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/trouble-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10586 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/trouble-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/trouble-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/trouble-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/trouble-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/trouble.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">I was hoping that mixing chitosan with PVA would reduce the conductivity, so it&#8217;s disappointing that the conductivity actually increased quite a bit. I hope it will decrease in the next attempt&#8230;!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">    \u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">References:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2211715624000109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Functional and antibacterial characterization of electrospun nanofiber membranes made of chitosan and polyvinyl alcohol<\/a><br>\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/news\/10563\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We also recommend this article.\u3000\uff1e\uff1e\uff1e<br><strong>\u201dFunctional and antibacterial characterization of electrospun nanofiber membranes made of chitosan and polyvinyl alcohol\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m Tsumugi, a researcher. This time, I investigated the conductivity of a mixed solution of chitosan and PVA. TsumugiShe is a second-year researcher in the Nanofiber Division of MECC.Her hobbies include reading science magazines and the latestresearch papers, as well as karate. Her special skill is speaking Chinese. \u3000\u3000\u3000 ObjectivePure PVA is highly conductive, but it is written in the literature that adding chitosan greatly reduces the solution&#8217;s conductivity. Curious about whether the conductivity really decreases, I conducted an experiment to see if this effect could provide insights into successful spinning of other natural polymers (such as gelatin) if the conductivity indeed decreases. MaterialsChitosan: 100PVA\u2460: Gohsenol EG-22P (Mitsubishi Chemical)PVA\u2461: Kuraray Poval 217 (Kuraray) Solution PreparationChitosan was added to a 50wt% acetic acid aqueous solution to make a 3wt% solution, which was then heated and stirred at 80\u00b0C. \uff1cConductivity Measurement> The conductivity of the produced solution was measured. The results are shown in the table below.\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000 Table 1. Conductivity Measurement Results of PVA Solution Type of solution Conductivity (mS\/cm) PVA\u2460 37.9 PVA\u2461 604 Chitosan \/ PVA\u2460(1\/1) 1596 Chitosan \/ PVA\u2461(1\/1) 1764 \u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000 Both PVA\u2460 and \u2461 showed considerably high conductivity. It is likely that the acetic acid in the solution is involved. I also compared the conductivity in acetic acid and acetic acid aqueous solution.\u3000 \u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000 Table 2. Conductivity Measurement Results of Acetic Acid Type of solution Conductivity (mS\/cm) Acetic acid 0.05 Acetic acid \/ H2O(1\/1) 868 \u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000 The conductivity of acetic acid alone was quite low. When made into an<a href=\"https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/technology\/10584\/\" class=\"excerpt_link\">\u226b more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chitosan\/PVA Mixed Solution Conductivity Measurement - MECC NANOFIBER<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mecc-jp.com\/nano\/technology\/10584\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chitosan\/PVA Mixed Solution Conductivity Measurement - MECC NANOFIBER\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I&#8217;m Tsumugi, a researcher. This time, I investigated the conductivity of a mixed solution of chitosan and PVA. TsumugiShe is a second-year researcher in the Nanofiber Division of MECC.Her hobbies include reading science magazines and the latestresearch papers, as well as karate. Her special skill is speaking Chinese. \u3000\u3000\u3000 ObjectivePure PVA is highly conductive, but it is written in the literature that adding chitosan greatly reduces the solution&#8217;s conductivity. Curious about whether the conductivity really decreases, I conducted an experiment to see if this effect could provide insights into successful spinning of other natural polymers (such as gelatin) if the conductivity indeed decreases. MaterialsChitosan: 100PVA\u2460: Gohsenol EG-22P (Mitsubishi Chemical)PVA\u2461: Kuraray Poval 217 (Kuraray) Solution PreparationChitosan was added to a 50wt% acetic acid aqueous solution to make a 3wt% solution, which was then heated and stirred at 80\u00b0C. \uff1cConductivity Measurement&gt; The conductivity of the produced solution was measured. The results are shown in the table below.\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000 Table 1. Conductivity Measurement Results of PVA Solution Type of solution Conductivity (mS\/cm) PVA\u2460 37.9 PVA\u2461 604 Chitosan \/ PVA\u2460(1\/1) 1596 Chitosan \/ PVA\u2461(1\/1) 1764 \u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000 Both PVA\u2460 and \u2461 showed considerably high conductivity. It is likely that the acetic acid in the solution is involved. I also compared the conductivity in acetic acid and acetic acid aqueous solution.\u3000 \u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000 Table 2. 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This time, I investigated the conductivity of a mixed solution of chitosan and PVA. TsumugiShe is a second-year researcher in the Nanofiber Division of MECC.Her hobbies include reading science magazines and the latestresearch papers, as well as karate. Her special skill is speaking Chinese. \u3000\u3000\u3000 ObjectivePure PVA is highly conductive, but it is written in the literature that adding chitosan greatly reduces the solution&#8217;s conductivity. Curious about whether the conductivity really decreases, I conducted an experiment to see if this effect could provide insights into successful spinning of other natural polymers (such as gelatin) if the conductivity indeed decreases. MaterialsChitosan: 100PVA\u2460: Gohsenol EG-22P (Mitsubishi Chemical)PVA\u2461: Kuraray Poval 217 (Kuraray) Solution PreparationChitosan was added to a 50wt% acetic acid aqueous solution to make a 3wt% solution, which was then heated and stirred at 80\u00b0C. \uff1cConductivity Measurement> The conductivity of the produced solution was measured. The results are shown in the table below.\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000 Table 1. Conductivity Measurement Results of PVA Solution Type of solution Conductivity (mS\/cm) PVA\u2460 37.9 PVA\u2461 604 Chitosan \/ PVA\u2460(1\/1) 1596 Chitosan \/ PVA\u2461(1\/1) 1764 \u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000 Both PVA\u2460 and \u2461 showed considerably high conductivity. It is likely that the acetic acid in the solution is involved. I also compared the conductivity in acetic acid and acetic acid aqueous solution.\u3000 \u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000 Table 2. Conductivity Measurement Results of Acetic Acid Type of solution Conductivity (mS\/cm) Acetic acid 0.05 Acetic acid \/ H2O(1\/1) 868 \u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000 The conductivity of acetic acid alone was quite low. 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