viscose

However the process used (such as viscose vs lyocell) can be environmentally damaging (in the example of viscose, the amount of water and chemicals used).

Of course the production process for viscose rayons (not Tencel/Lyocell/Modal - those use a different process) isn't great.

Cellulose is also known as viscose (AKA Rayon) and it one of the best higher uses of cellulose.

The viscose and polyester stuff is better, too, but naturally not as long-living as cotton or wool.

Nah, asphalt microparticles are in the end just very viscose oil and rock dust from the filler.

They pull the cellulose out, liquify it, then spray it into threads, to make viscose (aka rayon).

Lyocell is technically in the rayon family but it's got roughly double the tensile strength of viscose (common) rayon.

The construction was sturdy, the material was thick and rough, but everything was lined with viscose.

Clothes are often made of (treated) wood fiber - it is what rayon/viscose is.

They can dissolve cellulose into carbon disulphide and this process allows complete removal of lignin and it is drawn into viscose strands.

I'm not sure about viscose/rayon/tencel but I imagine it's often less water-intensive but it can be pretty chemical-intensive.

It just sounds a bit fancier to call it viscose instead of rayon.

I agree "it's just viscose/rayon" -Some people make huge claims to antibacterial properties of bamboo fibre.

Natural fabrics are cotton, silk, wool and linen of course, but the semi-synthetic fabrics like the rayons (viscose, modal, "bamboo", Tencel, Lyocell, Bemberg, and some sorts of artificial silk) are wood cellulose chemically rearranged so they're just cellulose when they reach you.

Viscose rayon was the first synthetic fibre created, in 1899.