Patent ID: 7175792

Claim:
A process for manufacture of cellulose mouldings with reduced cellulose decomposition from Total Chloride-Free (TCF) bleached or Elementary Chloride-Free (ECF) bleached cellulose, comprising: dissolving a bleached cellulose pulp having a reduced number of carboxyl groups in an aqueous tertiary aminoxide to form a bleached cellulose solution, wherein the reduced number of carboxyl groups causes reduced decomposition of the bleached cellulose in the process, and wherein the bleached cellulose is selected from the group consisting of: TCF-bleached cellulose comprising a carboxyl group content in the range from 1 to 35 mmol/g and ECF-bleached cellulose comprising a carboxyl group content in the range from 1 to 50 mmol/g; deforming the cellulose solution; and coagulating the deformed solution to generate a spinning solution for forming the cellulose moulding.