What is Acetate?

Acetate fiber is the second largest variety of regenerated cellulose fiber after viscose fiber. Cellulose acetate is made by acetating cellulose (wood pulp or cotton pulp) with anhydrous acetic acid (acetic anhydride) to produce cellulose triacetate. Cellulose triacetate is dissolved in dichloromethane to obtain cellulose acetate. Acetate fiber (including long and short filaments); cellulose triacetate can also be hydrolyzed to generate cellulose diacetate, and then the cellulose is dissolved in acetone solvent for spinning, and diacetate fiber (including long and short filaments) can be produced. Short filament, diacetate fiber is customarily called acetate fiber filament or short filament), and it can also produce acetate fiber tow for cigarettes. Acetate fiber uses cellulose as its basic skeleton and has the basic characteristics of cellulose. It has some characteristics of synthetic fibers due to its low moisture regain and thermoplasticity. It is called semi-synthetic fiber. The properties of diacetate fiber and triacetate fiber are basically similar. Triacetate fiber has slightly lower dry strength, slightly higher melting point and lower moisture absorption rate. Acetate fiber has three series: acetate tow, acetate short fiber, and acetate filament.

Material characteristics
Comfortable feel and appearance
Elegant colors and crystal clarity
Best drape and softness
Relatively quick drying
Shrink, moth-proof, mildew-proof