Volume 11
Issue 2
Agricultural Engineering
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume11/issue2/abs-25.html
METAL COMPLEXES OF XANTHAN GUM
Wojciech Ciesielski1, Piotr Tomasik2
1 Institute of Chemistry, Environmental Protection and Biotechnology, Jan Długosz Academy, Częstochowa, Poland
2 Nantes Nanotechnological Systems, Bolesławiec, Poland
ABSTRACT
Interactions of selected paramagnetic transition metal salts [Ni(II), Co(II), Cu(II), Fe(III), Mn(II)] with xanthan gum are described. The conductivity, DSC/TG/DTG measurements, and EPR measurements produced evidence for the formation of Werner-type complexes of metal central atoms with the polysaccharide ligand. The carboxylic groups of xanthan gum were preferably involved in the ligation of the central atoms. Cu(II), Co(II) and Fe(III) ions were most readily coordinated by xanthan gum whereas Mn(II) cations were coordinated most randomly. Sometimes, the copper central atom resided in dimeric form.
Key words: clathrates, hydrocolloids, macro ligands, polysaccharides, thermal analysis, Werner complexes.
Wojciech Ciesielski
Institute of Chemistry, Environmental Protection and Biotechnology, Jan Długosz Academy, Częstochowa, Poland
Armii Krajowej 21
42-200 Częstochowa
Poland
email: w.ciesielski@interia.pl
Piotr Tomasik
Nantes Nanotechnological Systems, Bolesławiec, Poland
Dolne Młyny 21
59-700 Bolesławiec
Poland
email: rrtomasi@cyf-kr.edu.pl
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