North American Rayon

In the United States the new entrants included Du Pont (with help from CTA), Tubize, ChatiUon, American Enka, The Industrial Fibre Corp. (later The Industrial Rayon Corp.), American Glan2stoff (later North American Rayon), and American Bemberg. By 1941 the production had risen to 1,250,000 tons. 

North American Rayon Corp. 14 Elizabethton, Term. rayon manufacture... 

Rayon. North American Rayon Corp. (filament)... 

NORTH AMERICAN RAYON CORP. ELIZABETHTON, TN 100,000-999,999 As a reactant As a chemical processing aid... 

North American Rayon Corporation (NARC), USA—manufacture a continuous carbonizable rayon. 

Approximately 73% of all North American sodium sulfate is obtained directly from natural salt sources in Searles Lake, California and in Texas, Mexico, and Canada. Miscellaneous methods of manufacture account for smaller percentages. This includes 5% as a by-product in the production of viscose rayon, where sulfuric acid and sodium hydroxide are used to degrade the cellulose. Sodium dichromate manufacture gives another 6% of sodium sulfate as a by-product. 

This work was supported by organized research funds of the School of Textiles, North Carolina State University. The rayon fiber sample used for grafting was specially manufactured and supplied by Dr. Tom Allen of the American Enka Company. The authors gratefully acknowledge their assistances. 

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