Wet End Chemistry Course - Complete from Alum to Zeta Potential

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TAPPI is offering an essential course for understanding how chemicals and additives affect your final product. The TAPPI Introduction to Wet End Chemistry course takes place June 1-3, 2011 at the TAPPI Training Room in Norcross, Ga. USA.

This course is designed to help attendees understand the principles of papermaking chemistry and to build a foundation for enhancing product quality and wet end chemistry troubleshooting.

• Understand the effects that chemicals and other additives have on the papermaking process
• Address wet end issues with suppliers
• Make better judgments on selection and use of papermaking chemicals 
• Determine viable approaches to problems or opportunities 
• Contribute to troubleshooting projects on paper machines
  

Register by May 4, 2011 for savings and to reserve your seat!

This introductory- to intermediate-level course is designed for mill superintendents, development engineers, chemical and process engineers, chemists, process and quality control technicians, and sales and technical service representatives. Participants should have one to five years of paper industry experience and college-level chemistry and math courses are helpful. TAPPI will award 1.7 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for completion of the curriculum. Take advantage of the skills and knowledge offered by this course.