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AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE, SUCH AS A DIAPER, SANITARY NAPKIN, ADULT INCONTINENT DEVICE WHICH HAVE ABSORBENT CORES (32) COMPRISED OF BLENDS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FIBERS (42, 42) ARE PROVIDED. THE ABSORBENT ARTICLES PREFERABLY COMPRISE A LIQUID PERVIOUS TOPSHEET (28), A LIQUID IMPERVIOUS BACKSHEET (30) JOINED TO THE TOPSHEET, A BLENDED ABSORBENT CORE POSITIONED BETWEEN THE TOPSHEET AND THE BACKSHEET, AND AN ACQUISITION LAYER (34). THE ABSORBENT CORE COMPRISES A HOMOGENEOUS BLEND OF FIBERS COMPRISNG A FIRST GROUP OF SHORT, LOW DENIER, HYDROPHILIC FIBERS AND A SECOND GROUP OF LONGER, HIGHER DENIER, MOISTURE INSENSITIVE SYNTHETIC FIBERS. THE FIRST GROUP OF FIBERS IS SELECTED FROM A GROUP COMPRISING NATURAL FIBRES, SYNTHETIC FIBERS OR CROSS-LINKED CELLULOSE FIBRES. THE SECOND GROUP OF FIBRES COMPRISES BETWEEN ABOUT 5 AND 90OF SAID ABSORBENT CORE, BY WEIGHT. THE ABSORBENT CORE IS COMPRESSED TO A DENSITY OF AT LEAST ABOUT 0.09 G/CM3 (1.5 G/IN. 2).FIG. 1
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