Based on the property that carboxymethylcellulose (CMC ) can be de-graded to anhydroglucose residues by cellulase

the rate constant (K) of enzymatic degra-dation of CMC synthesized in the benzene-ethanol medium has been determined. Further-morel experimental equation K = 2.71× 10-2(DS)-1.2 reflecting the relationship betweenK and the degree of substitution (DS) is correlated and used to describe chemical mi-crostructure uniformity of the distribution of substituents along chains effectively. Chain structure parameters of enzymatic degradation products of CMC — the number of chain breaks and the percentage of glucose released have been also measured.Average length of substituted and unsubstituted chain segments are calculated simultaneously.Through the study of static and dynamic procedures of enzymatic degradation

the method to characterize the distribution of substituents of CMC along the chain has been improved.