Patent ID: 8535466

Claim:
A process for making a fibrous structure comprising a hydroxyl polymer structure, wherein the fibrous structure comprises fused regions and exhibits a CETM*L 2 Factor of less than 950, the process comprising the steps of: a. providing a polymer composition comprising from about 30% to about 90% by weight of one or more hydroxyl polymers, from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of a crosslinking agent, and from about 10% to about 70% by weight of water; b. producing a crosslinked hydroxyl polymer structure in the form of a fiber from the polymer composition; c. forming a fibrous structure comprising the hydroxyl polymer fiber; d. subjecting the fibrous structure to a thermal bonding operation such that the fibrous structure comprising fused regions and exhibiting a CETM*L 2 Factor of less than 950 is formed.