The solid-phase MMO process

A scientific concept of solid-phase physicomechanical activation of cellulose with a direct solvent of the donor type, N-methylmorpholine N-oxide (MMO), the basis of new solid-phase MMO processing of wood cellulose into the new cotton-like fibre Orcel®, was elaborated. The high degree of crystallinity and orientation ensure the high physicomechanical properties of Orcel fibre.