What is the reason for using ethanol in preparing chitosan macro-beads?

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Abeir Hussein

the ethanol is used as a syneresis agent (expels water)..

Tulus Ikhsan Nasution

Ethanol is a versatile solvent, miscible with water and with many organic solvents, including acetic acid, acetone,etc.

Parastou Rahimizadeh

because ethanol is a non-solvent for chitosan and facilitates the solidiﬁcation of

chitosan beads;)