Kaya, MuratKaraarslan, MuhsinBaran, TalatCan, EsraEkemen, GülçinBitim, BetülDuman, Fatih13.07.20192019-07-2913.07.20192019-07-2920141478-64191478-6427https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2014.927469https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12451/5934Chitin was isolated from the shells of Chelonibia patula (barnacle, Crustacea), which lives on blue crab epizoically, following a 10-min demineralisation process through HCl and a 20-min deproteinisation process through NaOH. Due to the low-crystalline structure, and mineral-rich and low-protein content of the shells, chitin isolation was convenient. It was observed that the shell structure of C. patula contains 3.11% chitin per its dry weight. Following characterisation of the isolated chitin by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, X-ray diffractometry, elemental analysis and scanning electron microscopy, it was determined that there was close similarity with the a-chitin isolated from crabs, shrimps and insects in various studies. It was observed that chitin was composed of nanofibres with a width of 10-20 nm. It was concluded that this was an economically advantageous chitin resource compared with crustaceans such as shrimp, crayfish and crab, because it is possible to isolate chitin in a significantly shorter time.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessBarnacleIsolationChitinNanofibreThermal PropertiesArticle28232186219010.1080/14786419.2014.92746924933023Q1WOS:000342326400014N/A