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Chitosan is among the biological adsorbents used for heavy metals removal without negative environmental impacts. [68] In combination with bentonite, gelatin, silica gel, isinglass, or other fining agents, it is used to clarify wine, mead, and beer.
Some producers prefer not to thoroughly clarify and stabilize their wines, believing that the processes involved may diminish a wine's aroma, flavor, texture, color or aging potential. Wine experts such as Tom Stevenson note that they may improve wine quality when used with moderation and care, or diminish it when used to excess. [3]
Particles finer than 0.1 μm (10 −7 m) in water remain continuously in motion due to electrostatic charge (often negative) which causes them to repel each other. [citation needed] Once their electrostatic charge is neutralized by the use of a coagulant chemical, the finer particles start to collide and agglomerate (collect together) under the influence of Van der Waals forces.
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Common Wine and Beer Finings; Colloidal stabilisation of beer, The Brewer International, Jan 2002; Fining Agents for Wine Archived 2006-09-13 at the Wayback Machine, by J.R. Morris and G.L. Main, Proceedings of the 14th NM Conference, 1995] Fining, by Ben Rotter; The Use of Gelatin In Wine Fining, by C.G.B. Cole
To age wine for the purpose of improvement or storage. Centrifugal force filtration The process of separating unwanted particles (such as dead yeast cells or fining agents) from the wine by use of centrifugal force. Ceramic filtration A filtration process of the wine that utilizes perlite and is able to fine the wine to an ultrafine degree.
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If you can, please clarify whether chitosan is ever found in nature, or if ALL chitosan is derived from chitin. ike9898 15:15, 25 August 2010 (UTC) The definition of chitosan is controversial, but commonly defined as chitin with a DDA>50%. While that doesn't mean solubility per se, it is the most accepted definition. Under that definition ...