Rayon

Rayon is a manufactured reconstituted cellulose fiber. It is made from purified cellulose. This is mainly from wood pulp, which is chemically changed into a soluble compound. It is then dissolved and forced through a spinneret to produce filaments. These are chemically solidified, resulting in man-made fibres of nearly pure cellulose.^[1] Because rayon is manufactured from naturally occurring polymers, it is considered a semi-synthetic fiber.^[2]

Rayon Media

Cellulosic fibre production (total of 2.76 million tonnes) in 2002
Aqueous solution of Schweizer's reagent or cuoxam
A device for spinning viscose rayon dating from 1901
Simplified view of the xanthation of cellulose
Patagonia lyocell shirt, OutDoor 2018

References

↑ "Rayon Fiber (Viscose)". afma.org. Archived from the original on 2008-04-06.
↑ Kauffman, George B. (1993). "Rayon: the first semi-synthetic fiber product". Journal of Chemical Education. 70 (11): 887. Bibcode:1993JChEd..70..887K. doi:10.1021/ed070p887.

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[fibersource-1] "Rayon Fiber (Viscose)". afma.org. Archived from the original on 2008-04-06.

[2] Kauffman, George B. (1993). "Rayon: the first semi-synthetic fiber product". Journal of Chemical Education. 70 (11): 887. Bibcode:1993JChEd..70..887K. doi:10.1021/ed070p887.

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