Ilaphu leTencel, ngokwesayensi elaziwa ngokuba yiLyocell, yifayibha eselulosi ehlaziyiweyo eyenziwe kwintlama yenkuni yendalo ngenkqubo ehambelana nokusingqongileyo. Umgaqo wayo ophambili kukunyibilikisa iimolekyuli zeselulosi kumthi wendalo kwaye emva koko uhlengahlengise ubume befiber ngokusebenzisa itekhnoloji yokusonta, ukudibanisa ukuthuthuzeleka kwemicu yendalo kunye namandla eentsinga zokwenziwa.
Inkqubo yemveliso yeTencel ixhomekeke ekusotheni okunyibilikayo, kusetyenziswa iinkuni ezisuka kumahlathi alawulwa ngokuzinzileyo, anjengeeucalyptus. Emva konyango lwangaphambili, iinkuni zikhupha i-cellulose esulungekileyo, ethi ke inyibilikiswe kwi-non -ityhefu ye-N{2}}i-methylmorpholine{3}}i-N-i-oxide (NMMO) yokunyibilikisa ukwenza isisombululo sokusonta esifanayo. Esi sinyibilikisi siyakwazi ukuphinda sisetyenziswe, sinciphisa ngokuphawulekayo ukungcoliseka kwendalo. Isisombululo esijikelezayo sinyanzeliswa nge-spinnerets kwibhafu yokudibanisa. Ngaphantsi kweemeko ezithile, iimolekyuli ze-cellulose zihlengahlengisa kwaye ziqina zibe yimicu, ekugqibeleni zenze iifayili ze-Tencel ezine-crystallinity ephezulu kunye nokuqhelaniswa. Le nkqubo ayisebenzi kakhulu kuphela, kodwa ikwaqhayisa ngezinga lokubuyisela isinyibilikisi esidlula i-99%, ihlangabezana nemigangatho yokwenziwa kohlaza.
Iimpawu ezizodwa zelaphu le-Tencel zivela kwi-microstructure yayo. Umphezulu wefiber ogudileyo kunye nomnqamlezo ongqukuva{1}}unika ilaphu ukuva okuthambileyo kunye nokuhombisa okugqwesileyo. Ngaphaya koko, ukuhlangana kwehydrogen phakathi kweemolekyuli zeselulosi kuyenza ibene-hygroscopic kakhulu, ikwazi ukufunxa ngokuphindwe ka-1.5 ubunzima bayo emanzini, ethi isasazeke ngokukhawuleza kumphezulu welaphu ukuze ibe ngumphunga. Oku kuvumela ukuphefumla okugqwesileyo, okwenza ukuba kukulungele ukunxiba kwehlobo. Ngaphaya koko, i-Tencel fiber inamandla afana ne-polyester kwaye igcina ukuqina okuphezulu nokuba imanzi, iyenza yomelele ngakumbi kunelaphu eliqhelekileyo lomqhaphu kunye nelinen.
Ngokwembono yokusingqongileyo, ukubola kwe-biodegradability kwe-Tencel kuyivumela ukuba ibole ngokwemvelo emva kokulahlwa, inciphisa impembelelo yayo kwindalo. Usetyenziso lwayo oluphantsi lwamandla kunye nenkqubo evaliweyo-yezinyibilikisi zelophu kwinkqubo yemveliso ngakumbi iquka ingqikelelo yamalaphu azinzileyo. Ngamafutshane, amalaphu e-Tencel, ngeenkqubo zenzululwazi, aguqula ubutyebi bendalo bube buphezulu{3}}iintsinga zokusebenza, ukuzuza ulungelelwaniso phakathi kokunethezeka, ukusebenza, kunye nozinzo lokusingqongileyo, oko kubenza babe yinto entsha ephambili kushishino lwamalaphu lwangoku.
