Summer has passed for a month and it’s time for us to sweat like crazy.
So let’s talk todayTencel.
Tencel=lyocell?
First I would like to ask everyone, in your impression, is Tencel often equated with Lyocell?
Simply put, Tencel isTrademark, Lyocell is aFiber.
So, Tencel also includes Laisa Other fibers other than Er.
TENCEL™ is the brand name of Lyocell fiber. In addition to Lyocell fiber, TENCEL™ also Including Lenzing-Lyocell from Lenzing Company and Newcel [Lyocell (filament type)] from AKZO Company.
In addition, Lenzing also has a fabric, which we talked about in the last issueModal.
In China, it is customary for everyone to regard Lai Sai as Lyocell fiber is called “Tencel”, but the public label for washing is “Lyocell fiber”.
Some merchants will use modal or Viscose fiber is sold as lyocell, so when purchasing, be sure tolook for itFiber content.
Not only that, some businesses are opportunistic and label Made of 100% regenerated cellulose fiber. There is nothing wrong with it in terms of broad categories. Lyocell is a regenerated fiber.
But recycled fiber is not only lyocell species, so the washed label mustspecify that it is Lyocell fiber.
Tencel advantages and disadvantages
From the perspective of fiber history, lyocell, modal, and viscose are allNew fiber.
The first generation of wood pulp fiber – Viscose
2nd generation wood pulp fiber – Modal
3rd generation wood pulp fiber – Lyocell
Like modal fiber, lyocell is also made fromWoodIt is made from the pulp of coniferous trees.
In the wet state, lyocell The fiber is the first cellulosic fiber with a wet strength far greater than that of cotton.
After igniting Lyocell with a lighter There will bedeflagration phenomenon. This is because Tencel fiber ispurer and easier to burn.
Lyocell with cotton” Comfortable“, polyester’s “strength“, “luxuryAesthetic” and the “uniqueness of silk tactile” and “softdrape” , extremelytoughness no matter in the dry or wet state.
But lyocell fabric is easyHooked silk, need to be worn carefully.
In terms of washing, Lyocell fabrics Low temperatureHand wash, avoid wringing, onlyDry in the shade, do not expose to the sun.
