Tencel yɛ cellulose nhama a wɔasan ayɛ a wɔde abɔde mu nnua a wɔde ayɛ. Wɔde nnua a wonya fi kwae a wɔhwɛ so yiye mu na wonya ne nneɛma titiriw no, na ɛnam ɔkwan a ɛkɔ akyiri a wɔfa so twitwiw nneɛma a wɔde siw ano so titiriw na ɛyɛ. Lenzing AG a ofi Austria na ɔyɛɛ saa mfiridwuma yi na wɔtoo din Lyocell. Akyiri yi, esiane aguadi nti, wɔbɛfrɛɛ no kɛse sɛ "Tencel."
Tencel ade titiriw ne cellulose, a wonya fi nnua a enyin ntɛmntɛm te sɛ beech ne eucalyptus a ɛyɛ mmerɛw mu titiriw. Wɔdi kan yɛ saa dua yi ho adwuma de yi cellulose molecule a ɛho tew, a afei wɔde gu aduru a ɛnyɛ -awuduru N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO) mu. Ɛnam dry-jet wet spinning process so no, wɔhyɛ cellulose solution no fa spinneret mu ma ɛyɛ asuten fɛfɛ. Wɔ coagulation bath mu no, wɔsan yɛ cellulose aduru no ma ɛbɛyɛ nhama, na awiei koraa no ɛma Tencel nhama anaa nhama titiriw a ɛwɔ su soronko. Saa kwan yi nya solvent a wɔsan nya no dodow a ɛkorɔn (bɛboro 99%), na ɛtew nneɛma a atwa yɛn ho ahyia ho efĩ so kɛse bere a wɔreyɛ no.
Tencel fiber wɔ cross-section a ɛnyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ, ne soro yɛ torotoro, ne microporous structure. Saa agyapadeɛ yi ma ɛtumi twetwe nsuo na ɛhome yie-ne nsuo a ɛsan nya no du 11%, ɛboro kotokuo 8% so koraa. Bio nso, Tencel yɛ awosu mu honam ani adamfofa-adamfofa, a ɛwɔ friction coefficient a ɛba fam, na ɛma ɛfata ma honam ani a ɛyɛ mmerɛw. Bio nso, Tencel ahoɔden bɛn polyester de no, bere a ɛde kotoku a ɛyɛ mmerɛw ne sirikyi a ɛhyerɛn bom no. Wobetumi ama ne tumi a ɛko tia nwi-a ɛko tia mmoawa no ayɛ kɛse bio denam akwan a wɔfa so frafra anaasɛ wɔde wie so.
Wɔ nneɛma a atwa yɛn ho ahyia su ho no, Tencel nkwa nna nyinaa di nkɔsoɔ a ɛbɛtena hɔ daa ahwehwɛdeɛ ho dwuma: ne nneɛma a wɔde yɛ no firi nneɛma a wɔtumi yɛ foforɔ mu, ne yɛyɛ kwan no sua-carbon ne nsuo-a ɛyɛ adwuma yie, na ne nwura no tumi sɛe. Ne saa nti, Tencel ntama renya agye din wɔ ntade, ofie nneɛma, ne mfuw afoforo mu, na abɛyɛ ade a ɛkorɔn-awie a wɔde si atetesɛm mu kotoku ne nwera nhama ananmu.
