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US 2026/0240230 A1Published application
Cellulose acetate filaments having a cross-sectional shape with a specific surface area index
AssigneeAcetate International LLC
InventorsRonald Hughes, Benjamin Bosmans, Philip Caenen, Megan Enzinna
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is cellulose acetate tow as well as tow bands, tow bales, and filters formed from the cellulose acetate tow. The tow comprises cellulose acetate tow with a DPF from 4.0 to 7.0 and filaments having a cross-sectional shape with a specific surface area (SSAi) of less than 2.00.
Claims20
A cellulose acetate tow comprising cellulose acetate filaments, the tow having:
- a degree of substitution from 2.0 to 2.9;
- a denier per filament (dpf) from 3.0 to 7.0;
- a total denier from 10,000 to 100,000;
- and
- wherein the cellulose acetate filaments have a cross-sectional shape with an SSAi of less than 3.00, where SSAi=measured perimeter (μ)/perimeter of circle of equivalent area (μ);
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- further wherein the cross-sectional shape is not Y-shaped.
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