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Viscose vs Acetate - What's the difference?

viscose | acetate |

As nouns the difference between viscose and acetate

is that viscose is a viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film while acetate is any salt or ester of acetic acid.

viscose

English

(wikipedia viscose)

Noun

(-)
  • A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.
  • A fabric made from this material.

    • Synonyms

    * cellulose xanthate

    acetate

    English

    (wikipedia acetate)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acetic acid.
  • cellulose acetate
  • A transparent sheet used for overlays.
  • A disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record.

    • Synonyms

    * (salt or ester of acetic acid) ethanoate