Chemical modification results in a significant change in their characteristics, including solubility, surface tension, chemical resistance, and enzyme resistance. In this way, it is possible to produce sets of cellulose ethers with very precisely programmed performance characteristics.
EHECs and MEHECs can also be reacted with longer chain hydrophobic chains, thus producing hydrophobically modified cellulose, HM-(M)EHEC, with associative thickening properties.
Bermocoll® products are used as rheology modifiers in a wide variety of industrial applications to improve the performance of paints.