“…Chitosan (deacetylation degree 80%), chloroacetic acid (ClCH 2 COOH, 98%), carbon disulphide (CS 2 , 99%), acetic acid (CH 3 COOH, 99%), ethanol absolute (CH 3 CH 2 OH, 99.9%), acetone (CH 3 COCH 3 , 99%) and other reagents were purchased from Weifang Dongxing Chitosan Factory, China, Shandong Xiya Chemical Co., LTD, China, Aladdin Industrial Corporation and Tianjin Chemical Reagent Factory, China. Additionally, the water-soluble derivative of chitosan was synthesized by chitosan, CS 2 , chloroacetic acid, ethanol absolute, acetic acid and acetone, as described by Xie et al (2018). The dissolution reagents such as nitric acid (98%), sulphuric acid (98%), hydrochloric acid (36-38%) and sodium hydroxide (99%) were obtained from Tianjin Chemical Reagent Factory, China.…”