After this, the Lyocell may be processed in many ways.

There are probably industrial applications for Lyocell, but I have no knowledge of those.

The Lyocell fiber next passes to a drying area, where the water is evaporated from it.

A more recent and environmentally friendly method to produce a form of rayon is the Lyocell process.

The third night he also slept well on a down-synthetic blend called the Lyocell (similar to a pillow sold at thecompanystore.com for $89).

Replies: I believe this person is asking about Lyocell, brand name Tencel.

Tencel and lyocell were first produced commercially by Courtaulds at Grimsby in England.

The monohydrate is used as a solvent for cellulose in the Lyocell process to produce cellulose fibers.

In the textile industry regenerated cellulose is used as fibers such as rayon, (including modal, and the more recently developed Lyocell).

Lyocell (1992) (artificial, not synthetic)

Production of Lyocell involves chemically dissolving cellulose then filtering and wet-spinning the resulting dope into fibers.

Although the closed-loop manufacturing process makes Lyocell inherently the most eco-friendly of the naturally regenerating fibers, different fabric and garment manufacturers vary in this respect.

The US Federal Trade Commission defines Lyocell as "a cellulose fabric that is obtained by an organic solvent spinning process".

At the Lyocell mill, rolls of pulp are broken into one-inch squares and dissolved in N-methylmorpholine N-oxide, giving a solution called "dope."

Synthetic generally come from synthetic materials such as petrochemicals but some types of synthetic fibers are manufactured from natural cellulose, including rayon, modal, and Lyocell.

Tencel, generic name lyocell, is made by a slightly different solvent recovery process, and is considered a different fiber by the US FTC.

The use of viscose is declining, in part because of the environmental costs of its production as the Lyocell process uses N-Methylmorpholine N-oxide as solvent.

This elegant Icarus top by Linda Loudermilk is made of lyocell, a biodegradable fabric derived from wood pulp ($299 at Kaight in New York, 212-680-5630).

The lyocell process uses an amine oxide to dissolve cellulose and Tencel is the only commercial example of this direct-dissolution process, which unlike the viscose process is pollution-free.

Lyocell fiber is available for handspinning, the yarns are widely available for weavers - some suppliers are even offering Lyocell yarn in many colors.

Synthetic silks have also been made from lyocell, a type of cellulose fiber, and are often difficult to distinguish from real silk (see spider silk for more on synthetic silks).

Emily's own line is just as covetable, and impressively innovative too: the underwear range interweaves organic cotton with the pioneering lyocell fibre, a sustainable fabric made from wood pulp in Austria.

Lenzing AG is a company based in Lenzing, Austria whose main business is textile and nonwovens cellulose fibers (such as modal and lyocell) and also makes some polymer plastics.

Kaight, a five-month-old store on the Lower East Side, offers hand-stitched dresses of recycled cashmere and wool; organic denim jeans; and Linda Loudermilk dresses made from Lyocell, a biodegradable wood pulp fiber ($275).

Following in the footsteps of the lyocell process, which uses hydrated N-Methylmorpholine N-oxide, as a novel non-aqueous solvent for the dissolution of the pulp, it has been suggested that IL can greatly simplify these processes, serving as solvents that are potentially recyclable.