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Revision as of 22:51, 1 May 2016
Description
1) A viscous orange color liquid of cellulose xanthate. Viscose is made by treating cellulose with sodium hydroxide then adding carbon disulfide. It is used in the manufacture of viscose rayon and cellophane.
2) Common name for viscose rayon.
Synonyms and Related Terms
1) sodium cellulose xanthogenate; cellulose xanthate;
2) viscose rayon
Other Properties
Insouble in organic solvents.
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966
- Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Dictionary of Fiber & Textile Technology (older version called Man-made Fiber and Textile Dictionary, 1965), Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Charlotte NC, 1990
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The Merck Index, Martha Windholz (ed.), Merck Research Labs, Rahway NJ, 10th edition, 1983 Comment: entry 10145
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscose (Accessed Jan. 15, 2006)