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'Rayon' is semi-synthetic fibre which consists of purified cellulose in the form of long threads. Rayon resembles silk in appearance. Hence called as artificial silk.

$\text{Cellulose}\underset{{\text{CS}}_{\text{2}}}{\overset{\text{NaOH}}{\to }}\underset{\text{(Syrup}\text{like}\text{liquid)}}{\text{Viscose}}\underset{\begin{array}{l}\text{Spinneret}\\ \text{into}\text{dil}\text{.}{\text{H}}_{\text{2}}{\text{SO}}_{\text{4}}\end{array}}{\overset{\text{Pass}\text{through}}{\to }}\underset{\text{(Fine}\text{silken}\text{thread)}}{\text{Rayon}}$