Absorbent core wrap with a low basis weight nonwoven in the bottom layer

A process for making an absorbent core, wherein the process comprises:

• adding a melt additive to a plastic melt, wherein the melt additive is a coefficient of friction reduction agent;
• making a nonwoven comprising fibers from the plastic melt;
• converting the nonwoven in a continuous process on a converting line into a portion of the absorbent core, wherein the nonwoven is used to form a bottom layer of a core wrap of the absorbent core, the absorbent core comprising an absorbent material and a top layer, the top layer and the bottom layer forming the core wrap around the absorbent material;
• and
• treating the top layer with a surfactant to increase a hydrophilicity of the top layer and such that a static coefficient of friction of the nonwoven matches a static coefficient of friction of the top layer.

An absorbent article having a wearer-facing surface, the absorbent article comprising:

• a liquid permeable topsheet;
• a liquid impermeable backsheet;
• and
• an absorbent core at least partially between the topsheet and the backsheet,
• wherein the absorbent core comprises an absorbent material enclosed in a core wrap comprising a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer is positioned more proximate to the wearer-facing surface than the second layer, wherein the second layer of the core wrap comprises a nonwoven comprising synthetic fibers, wherein the nonwoven has a basis weight from about 6 g/m2 to about 10 g/m2, wherein the first layer and the nonwoven have a static coefficient of friction as measured in cross-machine direction of no more than 0.40, as measured according to ASTM D1894-01, and wherein at least some of the fibers of the nonwoven comprise a slip agent that reduces the static coefficient of friction of the nonwoven.