Biography
Pulin Bihari Sarkar, Indian chemical technologist (Nowla, Dhaka District, Bangladesh 01 March 1906 – 23 March 1983)
Gained international reputation for his work on jute and its by products
CONTRIBUTIONS
Formic acid as a solvent for lignin. Sci. Cult. 2:411, 1937
With H. Chatterjee. Sodium chlorite as a reagent for the estimation of cellulose. Sci. Cult. 10:340, 1945
With H. Chatterjee. A new method for the estimation of cellulose. Proc. Natl. Inst. Sci. India 12:23, 1946
With H. Chatterjee. The improvement of jute bags for the storage of sugar. I.C.J.C. Tech. Res. Mem. Nº 11 (1946)
With S.S. Paul. Linseed fibre as a substitute for jute. Jute Bull. 13:111, 1950
The chemistry of jute fibre (1955)
With P.K. Saha & K.K. Chatterjee. Woollenised jute as a wool substitute. I.C.J.C. Monograph (1961)
PAPERS IN NATURE
The cellulosan of jute fibre. Nature 167:357, 1951
Decomposition of formic acid by periodate. Nature 168:122, 1951
With K.B. Paul & H. Chatterjee. Molecular weight of jute-cellulose. Nature 169:845, 1952
With A.K. Mazumdar. Association of xylan with α cellulose in jute. Nature 172:1047, 1953
