ʻO Tencel kahi fiber cellulose i hana hou ʻia mai ka pulp lāʻau maoli. Loaʻa ʻia kāna mea kumu mai ka lāʻau i hoʻokumu ʻia mai nā ululāʻau mālama mau ʻia a hana mua ʻia ma o ke kaʻina wili solvent holomua. Ua hoʻomohala ʻia kēia ʻenehana e Lenzing AG o Austria a ua kapa ʻia ʻo Lyocell. Ma hope mai, ma muli o ka hoʻolaha ʻana, ua ʻike nui ʻia ʻo "Tencel."
ʻO ka mea nui o Tencel he cellulose, i loaʻa pono mai ka pulp o nā -lāʻau ulu wikiwiki e like me ka beech a me ka eucalyptus. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa mua ʻia kēia lāʻau no ka unuhi ʻana i nā molekula cellulose maʻemaʻe, a laila e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i loko o ka mea hoʻoheheʻe ʻole N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO). Ma o ke ka'ina wili mākū malo'o -holoholona, ho'oikaika 'ia ka solution cellulose ma o ka milo e hana i kahawai maika'i. I loko o kahi ʻauʻau coagulation, hoʻololi hou ʻia ka hopena cellulose i nā fibers, i ka hopena e hana i nā filament Tencel a i ʻole nā fila staple me nā waiwai kūʻokoʻa. Loaʻa kēia kaʻina hana i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka solvent recovery rate (ma luna o 99%), e hōʻemi nui ana i ka pollution kaiapuni i ka wā hana.
He ʻāpana keʻa -ʻano like ʻole ka fiber Tencel, he ʻili pahee, a he ʻano microporous. Hāʻawi kēia waiwai iā ia i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka makū maikaʻi loa a me ka hanu ʻana-hiki i ka 11%, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka 8% o ka pulupulu. Eia kekahi, he ʻili maoli ʻo Tencel-me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ke kuʻi, kūpono ia no ka ʻili paʻakikī. Eia kekahi, hoʻokokoke ka ikaika o Tencel i ka polyester, ʻoiai e hui pū ana i ka palupalu o ka pulupulu me ka luster o ke kilika. Hiki ke ho'onui 'ia kona mau waiwai wrinkle-a me antibacterial ma o ka hui 'ana a i 'ole ka ho'opau 'ana.
E pili ana i nā hiʻohiʻona kaiapuni, hoʻokō ka pōʻaiapuni holoʻokoʻa o Tencel i nā koi hoʻomohala hoʻomau: loaʻa kāna mau mea maka mai nā kumu waiwai hou, ʻo kāna kaʻina hana he haʻahaʻa-konona a me ka wai-pono, a ʻo kona ʻōpala he biodegradable. No laila, ke kaulana nei nā lole Tencel i nā lole, nā lako hale, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, e lilo ana i mea ʻokoʻa kiʻekiʻe loa i ka pulupulu a me ka lole olonā.
