Patent ID: 8613836

Claim:
A process for making a fluff pulp sheet, comprising: contacting at least one cationic trivalent metal, salt thereof, or combination thereof with a composition comprising fluff pulp fibers and water at a first pH, to form a first mixture; contacting at least one debonder surfactant with the first mixture and raising the pH to a second pH, which is higher than the first pH, to form a fluff pulp mixture; forming a web from the fluff pulp mixture; and drying the web, to make the fluff pulp sheet; wherein the first pH is <5.0 and the second pH is ≧5.0; and wherein the debonder surfactant comprises one or more of linear or branched monoalkyl amine, linear or branched dialkyl amine, linear or branched tertiary alkyl amine, linear or branched quaternary alkyl amine, ethoxylated alcohol, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon surfactant, fatty acid amide, fatty acid amide quaternary ammonium salt, dialkyl dimethyl quaternary ammonium salt, dialkylimidazolinium quaternary ammonium salt, dialkyl ester quaternary ammonium salt, triethanolamine-ditallow fatty acid, fatty acid ester of ethoxylated primary amine, ethoxylated quaternary ammonium salt, dialkyl amide of fatty acid, cationic surfactant, non-ionic surfactant, C 16 -C 18 unsaturated alkyl alcohol ethoxylate, compound having CAS Registry No. 68155-01-1, compound having CAS Registry No. 26316-40-5, or a combination thereof.