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  2. Rayon - Wikipedia

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    Modal can be tumble-dried without damage. [37] The fabric has been known to pill less than cotton due to fiber properties and lower surface friction. [36] The trademarked Modal is made by spinning beech-tree cellulose and is considered a more eco-friendly alternative to cotton, as the production process uses on average 10–20 times less water ...

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    Whether the fake plant is warmed by the sun or stays cool when it is cold and dark has no bearing on any process within it: it is neither good nor bad for it. Because a real plant has a life of ...

  4. Cellulose fiber - Wikipedia

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    Natural cellulose fibers are still recognizable as being from a part of the original plant because they are only processed as much as needed to clean the fibers for use. [citation needed] For example, cotton fibers look like the soft fluffy cotton balls that they come from. Linen fibers look like the strong fibrous strands of the flax plant.

  5. List of textile fibres - Wikipedia

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    Textile fibres or textile fibers (see spelling differences) can be created from many natural sources (animal hair or fur, cocoons as with silk worm cocoons), as well as semisynthetic methods that use naturally occurring polymers, and synthetic methods that use polymer-based materials, and even minerals such as metals to make foils and wires.

  6. Beech - Wikipedia

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    The textile modal is a kind of rayon often made wholly from reconstituted cellulose of pulped beech wood. [46] [47] [48] The European species Fagus sylvatica yields a tough, utility timber. It weighs about 720 kg per cubic metre and is widely used for furniture construction, flooring, and engineering purposes, in plywood and household items ...

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  8. Lyocell - Wikipedia

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    Lyocell is 50% more absorbent than cotton, [24] and has a longer wicking distance compared to modal fabrics of a similar weave. [25] Compared to cotton, consumers often say Lyocell fibers feel softer and "airier," due to their better ability to wick moisture. Industry claims of higher resistance to wrinkling are as yet unsupported.

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    No green thumb? No problem. We put together a guide to 10 plants that are hard to kill, including cast-iron plant, ZZ plant, and pothos.