Process for making lyocell fiber from sawdust pulp
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1. A process for making lyocell fibers comprising the steps of:
- (a) pulping raw material in a digester to provide an alkaline pulp, wherein the raw material comprises sawdust in an amount greater than 0% up to 100%;
(b) contacting the alkaline pulp comprising cellulose and at least about 7% hemicellulose under alkaline conditions with an amount of an oxidant sufficient to reduce the average degree of polymerization of the cellulose to the range of from about 200 to about 1100 without substantially reducing the hemicellulose content or substantially increasing the copper number of the pulp; and
(c) forming fibers from the pulp treated in accordance with step (b).
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A process for making lyocell fibers including the steps of pulping raw material in a digester to provide an alkaline pulp, wherein the raw material includes sawdust in an amount greater than 0% up to 100%; contacting the alkaline pulp including cellulose and at least about 7% hemicellulose under alkaline conditions with an amount of an oxidant sufficient to reduce the average degree of polymerization of the cellulose to the range of from about 200 to about 1100 without substantially reducing the hemicellulose content or substantially increasing the copper number of the pulp; and forming fibers from the pulp.
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1. A process for making lyocell fibers comprising the steps of:
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(a) pulping raw material in a digester to provide an alkaline pulp, wherein the raw material comprises sawdust in an amount greater than 0% up to 100%;
(b) contacting the alkaline pulp comprising cellulose and at least about 7% hemicellulose under alkaline conditions with an amount of an oxidant sufficient to reduce the average degree of polymerization of the cellulose to the range of from about 200 to about 1100 without substantially reducing the hemicellulose content or substantially increasing the copper number of the pulp; and
(c) forming fibers from the pulp treated in accordance with step (b). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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