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    This document provides instructions for preparing a sample of cuprammonium rayon threads from cotton. Key steps include: 1. Dissolving cotton pieces in a solution of tetra-ammine cupric hydroxide made from copper sulfate and ammonium hydroxide solutions. 2. Filling a syringe with the cellulose solution and extruding fibers into an acid bath of sulfuric acid and water cooled with ice to strengthen the fibers. 3. Allowing the fibers to decolorize in the acid bath before filtering and washing with distilled water.

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    This document provides instructions for preparing a sample of cuprammonium rayon threads from cotton. Key steps include: 1. Dissolving cotton pieces in a solution of tetra-ammine cupric hydroxide made from copper sulfate and ammonium hydroxide solutions. 2. Filling a syringe with the cellulose solution and extruding fibers into an acid bath of sulfuric acid and water cooled with ice to strengthen the fibers. 3. Allowing the fibers to decolorize in the acid bath before filtering and washing with distilled water.

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    This document provides instructions for preparing a sample of cuprammonium rayon threads from cotton. Key steps include: 1. Dissolving cotton pieces in a solution of tetra-ammine cupric hydroxide made from copper sulfate and ammonium hydroxide solutions. 2. Filling a syringe with the cellulose solution and extruding fibers into an acid bath of sulfuric acid and water cooled with ice to strengthen the fibers. 3. Allowing the fibers to decolorize in the acid bath before filtering and washing with distilled water.

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    This document provides instructions for preparing a sample of cuprammonium rayon threads from cotton. Key steps include: 1. Dissolving cotton pieces in a solution of tetra-ammine cupric hydroxide made from copper sulfate and ammonium hydroxide solutions. 2. Filling a syringe with the cellulose solution and extruding fibers into an acid bath of sulfuric acid and water cooled with ice to strengthen the fibers. 3. Allowing the fibers to decolorize in the acid bath before filtering and washing with distilled water.

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    ARTIFICIAL RAYON SILK FIBRE

    Aim:To prepare a sample of cuprammonium rayon threads from


    cotton

    Apparatus Required
    a)Conical flask (preferably 250 ml)

    b)Funnel

    c)Glass rod

    d)Beaker (preferably 250 ml)

    e)Water bath

    f)Cotton

    Chemicals Required
    a)CuSO4

    b)NaOH solution

    c)Liquor ammonia solution

    d)Dilute H2SO4

    f)Distilled H2O

    Background
    Rayon is a synthetic fiber produced from cellulose. Developed in
    an attempt to produce silk chemically, it was originally called
    artificial silk or wood silk. Rayon is a regenerated fiber, because
    cellulose is converted to a liquid compound and then back to
    cellulose in the form of fiber. For example, cuprammonium rayon
    is made by dissolving cellulose in an ammoniacal copper sulphate
    solution.

    The characteristics of rayon fibers are:

    1.They are highly absorbent,

    2. Soft and comfortable,

    3.Easy to dye &

    4.Drape well.

    Introduction
    Cellulose is nature's own giant molecule. It is the fibrous material
    that every plant from seaweed to the sequoia makes by baking
    glucose molecules in long chains; the chains are bound together
    in the fibers that give plants their shape and strength. Wood has
    now become the main source of cellulose. Since it contains only
    40% to 50% cellulose, the substance must be extracted by
    'pulping'. The logs are flaked, and then simmered in chemicals
    that dissolve the tarry lignin, resins and minerals. The remaining
    pulp, about 93% cellulose, is dried and rolled into sheets-raw
    material for paper, rayon and other products. It can be obtained in
    2 ways:

    Viscose Process: Cellulose is soaked in 30% caustic soda solution


    for about 3 hrs. The alkali solution is removed and the product is
    treated with CSi. This gives cellulose xanthate, which is dissolved
    in NaOH solution to give viscous solution. This is filtered and
    forced through a spinneret into a dilute H2SO4 solution, both of
    which harden the gumlike thread into rayon fibers. The process of
    making viscose was discovered by C.F.Cross and EJ.Bevan in 1891.

    Cuprammonium Rayon: Cuprammonium rayon is obtained by


    dissolving pieces of cotton in a deep blue solution containing
    tetra-ammine cupric hydroxide. The latter is obtained from a
    solution of copper sulphate. To it, NH)OH solution is added to
    precipitate cupric hydroxide, which is then dissolved in excess of
    NH/.

    Reactions:
    CUSO4+ 2NH4OH — Cu(OH)2+ (NH4)2S04

    Pale blue ppt

    Cu(OH) 2 + 4NH4OH — [Cu(NH3) 4](0H) 2 + 4H2O

    [Cu(NH3) 4](0H) 2 + pieces of cotton left for 10-15 days give a


    viscous solution called VISCOSE.

    Procedure.
    Preparation of Cellulose material

    a)After weighing 2g of cotton divide it into very fine pieces and


    then transfer these pieces to the tetra-ammine cupric hydroxide
    solution in the beaker.
    Formation of Ravon Thread

    a)Take 50ml of distilled water in a glass container. To this add


    20ml of conc H2SO4 drop by drop. Cool the solution under tap
    water. In a big glass container pour some of the solution.

    b)Fill the syringe with cellulose solution prepared before.

    c)Place the big glass container containing H2SO4 solution


    produced before in ice (the reaction being spontaneous results in
    excess release of energy in the form of heat which makes the
    fibers weak and breaks them).

    d)Immerse the tip of the syringe in the solution and press gently.
    Notice the fibers getting formed in the acid bath. Continue to
    move your hand and keep pressing the syringe to extrude more
    fibers into the bath.

    e)Leave the fibers in solution till they decolorize and become


    strong enough.

    f) Filter and wash with distilled water.

    Precautions
    a)Addition of excess NH/ should be avoided.

    b)Before taking the viscose in the syringe make sure that it does
    not contain any particles of paper, otherwise, it would clog the
    needle of the syringe.

    c)Addition of NH/ should be done in a fume cupboard and with


    extreme care. The fumes if inhaled may cause dizziness

    d)Use a thick needle otherwise the fibers won't come out.

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