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SREE SARASWATHY VIDYALAYAM

OORUTTAMBALAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 695507


AFFILIATED TO CBSE NEW DELHI NO.930918
( An Institution Under Bharatheeya Vidya Nikethan )

CHEMISTRY INVESTRIGATORY PROJECT


PREPARATION OF RAYON THREAD FROM FILTER PAPER

During the Academic Year 2024-25

Name :- SIVA S
Class :- XII
Reg No :-
CERTIFICATE
This is certify that Master SIVA S of
Class xii CBSE roll no:- Has worked
on the research project-

“PREPARATION OF RAYON
THREAD

FROM FILTER PAPER”


And completed the same successfully
during academic year 2024-25

Internal Examiner

Sign of Principal

External examiner
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I am extremely grateful my learned guide
Mrs. Karthika S, under whose guidance I am
privilege to do this work. I am thankful to Principal
Mrs Sheeja R who always inspired me during this
project work. I am also appreciated and gratifying
my sincere thanks to them. I am also thankful to the
lab attendant for support during the time of doing
project work. I am also thankful to my parents for this
piece of work by not only providing financial but also
boosting my spirit so that I could work constantly.
CONTENTS
Aim of the Experiment
Introduction Apparatus
Required Chemicals Required
Theory Procedure
Observation Conclusion
Precautions Characteristic of
Rayon Thread USES
Bibliography
INTRODUCTION
Rayon is a synthetic fibre produced from cellulose.
Cellulose is nature’s own giant molecule. It is the fibrous material
that every plant from seaweed to the sequoia makes baking glucose
molecules in long chains; the chains are bound together in thefibres
that give plants
their shape and
strength. Wood
has now
become the
main source of
cellulose. Since
it contains only
40% to 50%
cellulose, the substances must be extracted by ‘pulping ’.The logs
are flaked, and then simmered in chemicals that dissolve the tarry
lignin, resins and minerals. The remaining pulp, about 93%
cellulose, is dried and rolled in to sheets -raw material for paper,
rayon
APPARATUS REQUIRED:-
 Conical flask
(preferably 250ml)
 Funnel
 Glass rod
 Beaker (preferably
250ml )
 Water bath 
Filter paper

CHEMICALS REQUIRED:-
 CuSO4
 NaOH solution
 Liquor ammonia solution
 Dilute H2SO4
 Whatman paper
 Distilled H2O
THEORY:-
Rayon can be obtained in 2 ways:-

1).VISCOSE PROCESS:-Cellulose is soaked in 30% caustic soda solution


for about 3 hrs. The alkali CuSO4.This gives cellulose xanthate, which is
dissolved in NaOH solution
to give viscous solution. This
is filtered and forced
through a spinneret into a
dilute H2SO4 solution, both
of which harden the gum like
thread into rayon fibres. The
process of making viscose
was discovered by C.F.
Cross and EJ.Bevan in 1891.
2).CUPRAMMONIUM RAYON:-Cuprammonium rayon is obtained by
dissolving pieces of filter paper in a deep blue solution containing
tetraammine cupric hydroxide. The latter is obtained from a solution of
copper sulphate to it, (NH)4OH solution is added to precipitate cupric
hydroxide, which is then dissolved in excess of NH 3.
CUSO4 + 2NH4OH → Cu (OH) 2+ (NH4)2SO4

Cu (OH) 2 +4NH4OH → [Cu (NH3 )4 ](OH )2 +4H2O


[Cu (NH3 )4 ](OH )2 + pieces of filter paper left for 10-15 days give a
viscous solution called VISCOSE.

Weigh 20 gm of CuSO4.5H2O .transfer this to beaker having 100 ml


distilled water and 15 ml dil.NaOH to prevent hydrolysis of CuSO 4. Stired
it with a glass rod till a clear solution is obtained. Add 11ml of liquor
ammonia drop by drop with slow stirring. The precipitate of cupric
hydroxide is separated out. Filter the solution containing cupric hydroxide
through a funnel with filter paper. Wash the precipitate of cupric
hydroxide with water until the filtrate fails to give a positive test for
sulphate ions with barium chloride solution. Transfer the precipitate to
beaker that contains 50ml of liquor ammonia or wash it down the funnel.
The precipitate when dissolved in liquor ammonia gives a deep blue
solution of cuprammonium hydroxide. This is known as
SCHWEITZER’S SOLUTION.

After weighing 2gm of filter paper divide it into very fine


pieces and then transfer these pieces to the cuprammonium hydroxide
solution in the beaker. Seal the flask and keep for 10 to 15 days, during
this period the filter paper is dissolved completely.
The viscose solution was taken in a syringe and was squeezed out keeping The
hand in motion into a 5M H2SO4 solution .It was then kept for one Day till blue
colour of the rayon filament became white. Rayon filaments Were then
removed out from the acid bath and were washed with wat Dried by keeping
then on the filter paper

OBSERVATION

Weight of filter paper taken=1.0g.


Weight of rayon filament obtained= 1.2g.
Maximum length of the rayon =32cm.
syringe.
CONCLUSION

Sample of cuprammonium Rayon thread was successfully


prepared.

PRECAUTION

o Addition of excess NH3 should be avoided.


(b) Before taking the viscose in the syringe make sure that it does not
contain any particles of paper, otherwise, it would clog the needle of the

(c))Addition of NH3 should be done in a fume cupboard and with


extreme care. The fumes if inhaled may cause giddiness.
(d)Use a thick needle otherwise the fibres won’t come out.

CHARACTERISTIC OF RAYON THREAD:-


Rayon is a synthetic fibre produced from cellulose. Developed in an
attempt to produce chemically, it was originally called artificial silk or
wood silk .Rayon is a regenerated fibre, because cellulose is converted to
a liquid compound and then back to cellulose in form of fibre. For
example, cuprammonium rayon is made by dissolving cellulose in an
ammoniacal copper sulphate solution.

 they are highly absorbent


 soft and comfortable
 easy to dye
 drape well

 In textile industries for


making textile (fibre) like
saree.
 In tyre industries for tyre
cord.
 Rayon mixed with wool is
used to prepare carpets.
 In medical field for preparing bandages and surgical

dressing .
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