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Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering >> 2018, Volume 12, Issue 4 doi: 10.1007/s11783-018-1040-0

Sonication and grinding pre-treatments on

1. Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
2. Bioseparation Research Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
3. Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
4. Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), Institute of Postgraduate Studies, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
5. Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
6. Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
7. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan, China

Available online: 2018-06-26

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Abstract

Effects of sonication and grinding pretreatment on agarose quality were observed.

Successful agarose extraction with direct PEG method without the need to dry agar.

FTIR spectra and the characteristics peaks in agarose are explained.

Improvements in gel strength and sulfate content properties in agarose samples.

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