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Rayon was the first man-made fiber. However, it is not considered a synthetic fiber since it is made from regenerated cellulose, which is mostly derived from very high-cellulose wood pulp from softwoods. Although there are a number of steps to the manufacturing process, in essence the cellulose is converted to liquid form squeezed through small holes in a spinnerette and then converted back into cellulose fibers.
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Baker, I. (2018). Rayon. In: Fifty Materials That Make the World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78766-4_37
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