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viscose

[vis-kohs] / ˈvɪs koʊs /


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Viscose, sometimes referred to as artificial silk, is a common constituent of clothes such as blouses, skirts and dresses.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. makes the raw resin powder and Viscose turns it into yarn.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Decatur, Ala., Monsanto Chemical and American Viscose began building $133 million plants for Chemstrand, their jointly owned subsidiary, to manufacture Acrilan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Du Pont, accused of monopolizing nylon, voluntarily turned over its nylon processes to Chemstrand, a jointly owned subsidiary of its rivals, Monsanto and American Viscose.

From Time Magazine Archive

Viscose 'silk' is referred to in terms of a communication appearing in 'Papier-Zeitung,' 1898, 2416.

From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.




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