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The material: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyocell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyocell is a variant of rayon.
by dsr_ 4y ago
The material:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyocell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyocell
is a variant of rayon.
- denton-scratch 4y agoThanks - the article doesn't make clear how they are recycling denim. They say that their product can be recycled in the same way as the original denim, but they don't say that's because they've reduced it to rayon. They're making out that they're making new denim from old denim. In that respect, it's deceptive.
- scythe 4y agoLyocell is technically in the rayon family but it's got roughly double the tensile strength of viscose (common) rayon. You can see the difference with an electron microscope: https://www.undershirts.co.uk/blogs/research/viscose-vs-modal-vs-lyocell https://www.undershirts.co.uk/blogs/research/viscose-vs-moda... Having owned several articles of clothing made from both, they're very much not the same — in particular, lyocell lasts a lot longer.