Difference between revisions of "Viscose"

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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.

1) sodium cellulose xanthogenate; cellulose xanthate;

2) viscose rayon

Insouble in organic solvents.

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)

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 == Description ==
-) A viscous orange color liquid of cellulose xanthate. Viscose is made by treating [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=cellulose cellulose] with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=sodium%20hydroxide sodium hydroxide] then adding [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=carbon%20disulfide carbon disulfide]. It is used in the manufacture of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=viscose%20rayon viscose rayon] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=cellophane cellophane].
+) A viscous orange color liquid of cellulose xanthate. Viscose is made by treating [[cellulose|cellulose]] with [[sodium%20hydroxide|sodium hydroxide]] then adding [[carbon%20disulfide|carbon disulfide]]. It is used in the manufacture of [[viscose%20rayon|viscose rayon]] and [[cellophane|cellophane]].
-) Common name for [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=viscose%20rayon viscose rayon].
+) Common name for [[viscose%20rayon|viscose rayon]].
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