scientists from the Department of Chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras have developed a biodegradable superabsorbent polymer using chitosan (a kind of sugar extracted from seafood waste), citric acid and urea. This superabsorbent has the capacity – it can absorb 1250 gm of water for each gram of the polymer
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