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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 407719, member: 8267"]Rayon is basically reconstituted ("regenerated") cotton - cotton dissolved in chemicals and then extruded through spinners. It can imitate silk, but still smells like cellulose when it is burned.</p><p>Mercerized cotton also has a shiny, more silk-like appearance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 407719, member: 8267"]Rayon is basically reconstituted ("regenerated") cotton - cotton dissolved in chemicals and then extruded through spinners. It can imitate silk, but still smells like cellulose when it is burned. Mercerized cotton also has a shiny, more silk-like appearance.[/QUOTE]
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