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Hi/Jr gold and platinum spinneret might be
ithe heart of the process of spinning or ; viscose into rayonfilament. The
c is pumped into a glass tube and t'other end through this thimble-like
py which is perforated with any118 to 720 microscopically small
ffrom two- to three-thousandths of him diameter. The spinneret, in
trSion, is immersed in a spinning bath
te sulphuric acid and various salts.
Above anti below are the three Elliott15000-kw turbine-generator units irhich can operate straight condensing or condensing extraction at 20 prig In process. The steam cam/itions are dt)0 pstg, 720 F. exhausting to 2 in. f/g ahtrdutc.
3s of people. In America, the I production of rayon has rock-
i 97 million pounds in 1928 t~and-a-quarter billion pounds
^a group of far-visioned ^founded the American
ation .with. an eye to |uteir/Dutch process for
haJ silk." The name lenved from the initial ^otherDutch company, ^Ktihstzijdefabriek,
^^Ka"inDu tch). feting 'more than 50
^se:, indust rial
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