Chitosan, which is deacetylated chitin, has a free amino group which promotes its solubility in some solvents, particularly those that are acidic in nature. The amino group also enhances its reactivity toward chemical reagents.
In this paper, the chitosan-ammonium dichromate (CT-AD) positive polymer was reported. This positive photopolymer is different from ordinary negative photopolymers in response to actinic light and resulting image. It is soluble in aqueous solution, and can be developed in mildly acidic solution. Cr (VI) of ammonium dichromate used as sensitizer was reduced to Cr(II) through the light absorption. The mechanism of the photodecomposition reaction of the CT-AD polymer is dependent initially on the transition of the chromium from a high to low state of oxidation, followed by the decomposition of the initial cross-linked structure of the CT-AD polymer.
In this work, the chitosan-ammonium dichromate film was irradiated by UV light, and the mechanism of the photoreaction of the film was investigated. The electric conductivity of the CT-AD in water solution and of gelatin-AD solution were measured against the UV exposure time in order to prove the photodecomposition reaction in CTAD.
The values of quantum yield of the HcrO
4- reaction in water solution of CT-AD were measured.
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