“…Crosslinking of CMS has been performed to produce hydrogels for potential application in metal ions removal from water [3,4], as pharmaceutical gelling agent and emulsion stabilizer [5], tablet disintegrant [6], or for drug delivery systems [7,8]. The crosslinking agents were dichloroacetic acid [4,5], phosphorous oxychloride [3], epichlorohydrin [9], sodium trimetaphosphate [10], or polyfunctional carboxylic acids [11].…”