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rayon

1. any of a number of textile fibres made from wood pulp or other forms of cellulose
2. any fabric made from such a fibre
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rayon

[′rā‚än]
(textiles)
A fiber made from regenerated cellulose by the viscose or cuprammonium process.
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rayon

Continuous-filament yarn composed of regenerated cellulose; similar in chemical structure to natural cellulose fiber but contains shorter polymer units; usually made by the viscose process.
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861 Murata vortex spinning frame using cotton, viscose rayon, lyocell, and polyester fibers, respectively.
[CS.sub.2] is widely used in the industry for the production of viscose rayon, rubber, carbon tetrachloride, or other organic materials, and also as a solvent.
Cotton, for example, which has a lower moisture content than viscose rayon and lyocell, released more spores over time.
35 Alice Hamilton, Occupational Poisoning in the Viscose Rayon Industry, Bulletin 34 (U.S.
The three products are viscose rayon staple fibers, certain cuprammonium rayon filament yarns and cashmere yarn.
LENZING AG TO INVEST US$150 MILLION IN VISCOSE RAYON PROJECT.
Handtufted, handhooked, machine-woven and tufted qualities are offered in a 5-by-8 at $199 to $499 in wool, polyester, viscose rayon, modacrylic, jute and blends.
It pioneered the world's manmade fibre industry in 1904 with the development of viscose rayon, and its name became linked with acetate yarns in the 1920s and Courtelle acrylic fibre in the 1950s before it diversified in to coatings a decade later.
Favourable: Viscose rayon is a medium-weight fibre with fair to good durability.
Application: Reactive digital inks for cotton, silk, viscose rayon, linen and lyocell.
imports including some viscose rayon staple fibers continues to languish on Capitol Hill, with no clear timeline for final passage.
Rayon yarn from viscose rayon fibers is sued for embroidered garments and for layer.
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