CORESTA Meeting, Smoke Science/Product Technology, Freiburg, 2003, ST 30
Hemicellulose - an important variable for the taste of cigarette paper
Papierfabrik Wattens GmbH, Wattens, Austria.
Hemicellulose is one of the main components of pulp. In contrary to the cellulose which is a uniform polymer of 1,4-ß linked glucose units, hemicellulose is composed of various carbohydrates, pentoses and hexoses. Furthermore the way of linkages...