Ko te tukanga angitu tuatahi i whakawhanakehia i roto i te 1894 e te English chemist Charles Frederick Cross, me ona hoa mahi Edward John Bevan ko Clayton Beadle. huaina e ratou te muka "viscose", no te mea i te hua tauhohenga o te waro disulfide me cellulose i roto i ngā āhuatanga taketake i homai he otinga tino kakara o xanthate. i hua te rayon viscose arumoni tuatahi i te kamupene UK Courtaulds i roto i 1905. i tangohia te ingoa "rayon" i roto i 1924, ki te "viscose" te whakamahi i mo te waipiro organic kakara whakamahia ki te hanga e rua rayon me cellophane. i kitea te hua rite cellulose acetate i roto i te 1865. e rua Rayon me acetate he muka ahumahi, engari e kore tino waihanga, i te mea i te rakau.
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