Technical Committee for
Cellulose and cellulose derivatives (CELL)

General Information

This technical committee deals with:

• The evaluation of chemical pulp for chemical processing as well as the specification of quality criteria, especially with regard to viscose, cellulose ethers and esters
• Chemical and physical testing and characterisation methods for cellulose and cellulose derivatives
• The planning and organisation of the Cellulose-Chemiker-Rundgespräch [round-table discussion for cellulose chemists].

It works in close cooperation with the technical committees for:

• Chemical pulping
• Pulp and paper testing

A subcommittee lead by Prof. Bodo Saake (University of Hamburg) deals with the viscometric determination of the molar mass and the degree of polymerization of cellulose.

Head of the technical committee:

Prof. Dr. Thomas Heinze
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Humboldtstraße 10
D-07743 Jena
Germany

Tel.: +49 (36 41) 94 82 70
Fax: +49 (36 41) 94 82 72
eMail: thomas.heinze@uni-jena.de

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