Acetate is a man-made cellulose fabric or yarn that was first created in Germany in 1869. Work on the fibre was continued by Swiss chemists Camille and Henri Dreyfus of Basle in the 1900s, but their research was interrupted by the outbreak of the Great War when acetate was used to make waterproof varnishes for French and British fabric-covered aeroplanes. In 1920 British Celanese Ltd made a commercially viable acetate fibre using the Dreyfus method.
Acetate has since been used to make lingerie, blouses, dresses and knitwear as well as other garments requiring lightweight, silky fabrics. Research Acetate
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SciTech
Research Acetate