Rayon fibre - Indian Laws - General

Rayon In Encyclopaedia Britannica , Micropaedia, Vol. VIII at P. 442 under the heading `rayon the following passage occurs: Rayon , generic term for man-made textile fibre produced from the plant substance cellulose. Developed in an attempt to produce silk chemically, the fibre was originally known by such terms as artificial silk and wood silk, but in 1924 it was given the coined name rayon. Anitrocellulose type, first produced commercially in France in 1891 in the form of a nitrocellulose fibre, it was later discontinued because of its high flammability. Rayon is described as a re-generated fibre because the cellulose is converted to a liquid compound and then back to cellulose in the form of fibre. The cellulose, obtained from soft woods or from the short fibres adhering to cotton seeds (linters), is chemically treated to form a solution that is forced through tiny holes in a nozzle (spinnerets). This process of forcing a solution through spinneret holes is called spinning; the same term is applied to the production of yarn by twisting together fibres that may be of natural man-made origin. Emerging in the form of filament, a fibre of great length, the rayon is hardened by drying in air or by chemical means. The filament is sometimes out into shorter pieces having uniform length, called staple, and twisted together to make yarn. SIRSILK LTD. VERSUS TEXTILE COMMITTEE - 1988 (9) TMI 346 - SUPREME COURT