Abstract: Cellulosic fibrids can be made by mixing together under turbulent conditions viscose and a coagulating and regenerating liquor so as to form a suspension of soft macroscopic cellulosic particles in a spent liquor, collecting the particles, and comminuting them to form the fibrids.

Abstract: Cationic cellulose particles useful in papermaking comprise from greater than 10 up to 50 percent by weight on cellulose of a polymeric amine of weight-average molecular weight in the range from 100,000 to 1,000,000 comprising monomeric units having the formula: —XCR3((CH2)nNR1R2)(CH2)m— where X is selected from the group consisting of a chemical bond, O and NR4; R1 and R2 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C4 alkyl, phenyl and phenyl substituted with one, two or three substituents selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, F, Cl and Br; R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, methyl and ethyl; m is an integer in the range from 1 to 4; and n is an integer in the range from 0 to 4.

Abstract: A process for the production of shaped structures of cellulose, in particular fibers of cellulose, by shaping and subsequent regeneration of water-soluble cellulose derivatives is described. The process employs water-soluble alcohols, water-soluble ketones or, in particular, water or mixtures thereof as solvents for the shaping and carrying out the shaping by a dry shaping process.