Talk:Viscose

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Is it truly becoming less common because it's polluting? I consider myself to be a concious shopper, and I never knew rayon to be polluting so I can't imagine the average shopper knowing this and choosing other fabrics because of it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 19 September 2005‎ Mwparenteau (talk) 18:25

Viscose manufacture is indeed a very nasty polluting process - I worked for several years with the Viscose Development Co, the company set up by Cross & Bevan. It involves a 50% sodium hydroxide solution - deadly corrosive to all living things - and Carbon Disulphide, which is a neurotoxin and extremely inflammable - the Viscose plant had a top priority rating with the fire service, who were to drop everything and attend any fire at the plant. The effluent from the regeneration process included large volumes of sulphates and sulphides in solution, which were very difficult to dispose of safely. The smell from the plant could be "appreciated" from more than a mile around, if the wind was in the wrong direction. It was altogether a filthy business which would never be permitted to be set up today.Emartuk (talk) 13:51, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

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viscose translate to ruski

viscose more common
Viscose is increasingly used for cheap clothing. The women's catalogues in particular are full of viscose products. Perhaps the preparation is now less polluting? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.124.16.33 (talk) 12:05, 25 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The article suggests that the phasing out is due to compliance costs,

not consumer pressure; event the version you are commenting on. --Belg4mit (talk) 05:58, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Viscose is a soft, stretchy, non-iron and light material, it is ideal for tight shirts :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.177.218.34 (talk) 13:02, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Dope?
Sorry, but in the article, it is stated that dope is added to viscose during its creation. I am uncertain as to what this means in the context. If it actually makes sense in the context, could someone explain what 'dope' is in this case to me? And if it is not supposed to be there, could someone fix it? Thank you, -Liwolf1 (talk) 00:19, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

The writer is saying that cellulose acetate in acetone is added to viscose to reduce the lustre and make a matt rayon. That might be so in some products, Courtaulds would use TiO2.Peterrivington (talk) 18:53, 1 August 2011 (UTC)}

viscose and rayon are not the same
http://www.differencebetween.net/object/difference-between-rayon-and-viscose/ makes the differnce clearer than this article — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.88.0.213 (talk) 15:16, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

I'm not convinced that that source is accurate. I've tried to clarify the difference, though. I've also requested a merge; I think that this page should become a disambiguation page, with the content moved to the "rayon" article, which it largely overlaps. To some extent this may be a tomahto/tomayto argument, as there seems to be a transatlantic difference in usage. HLHJ (talk) 16:19, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Viscose and rayon are not wholly overlapping sets so it would be useful not to merge but rather to better clarify this in the viscose text. Rayon (regenerated cellulose-based textile) can be made by different methods, the dominant method of which by far is viscose and for viscose the dominant co-ingredient in the process being carbon disulfide. Viscose, however, can be used to make rayon fiber, or film (cellophane and also synthetic sausage casings) or synthetic sponges (blocks of cellulose viscose into which air has been introduced) and also viscose based sealants and caps used in packaging.

+ 1 to merge
I agree this should be merged with the original post on Viscose.

abhishek singh (talk) 03:27, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I'd agree to move the discussion of viscose rayon to rayon and use this page for the chemical compound viscose that is used to produce both cellophane and viscose rayon. - PKM (talk) 23:52, 21 February 2018 (UTC)