I-Tencel iyifayibha ye-cellulose evuselelwe kabusha eyenziwe ngokhuni lwemvelo lwe-pulp. Ingqikithi yayo itholakala okhunini olutholakala emahlathini aphethwe ngendlela eqhubekayo futhi ikhiqizwa ngokuyinhloko ngenqubo yokuphotha okuncibilikayo okuthuthukisiwe. Lobu buchwepheshe bathuthukiswa nguLenzing AG wase-Austria futhi baqanjwa ngokuthi uLyocell. Kamuva, ngenxa yokuhweba, yaziwa kabanzi ngokuthi "i-Tencel."
Ingxenye eyinhloko ye-Tencel i-cellulose, etholakala ngokukhethekile egangeni lezihlahla ezikhula ngokushesha-njenge-beech ne-eucalyptus. Lolu khuni lulungiswa ukuze kukhishwe ama-molecule e-cellulose amsulwa, abese encibilika ku-solvent engeyona enobuthi N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO). Ngenqubo eyomile-ye-jet yokuphotha emanzi, isixazululo se-cellulose siphoqelelwa nge-spinneret ukuze sakhe umfudlana omuhle. Ekugezeni okuhlanganisayo, isixazululo se-cellulose sivuselelwa sibe imicu, ekugcineni sikhiqize imicu ye-Tencel noma imicu eyisisekelo enezici eziyingqayizivele. Le nqubo ifinyelela izinga eliphezulu lokubuyisela i-solvent (ngaphezu kwama-99%), kunciphisa kakhulu ukungcoliswa kwemvelo ngesikhathi sokukhiqiza.
I-tencel fiber inengxenye eyindilinga eyindilinga-, indawo ebushelelezi, kanye nesakhiwo se-microporous. Lesi sakhiwo siwunikeza ukumunca umswakama omuhle kakhulu kanye nokuphefumula-ukubuyiswa kwawo komswakama kufinyelela ku-11%, okudlula kude u-8% kakotini. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Tencel inobungani besikhumba ngokwemvelo-, ne-coefficient ephansi yokungqubuzana, okuyenza ifanele isikhumba esibucayi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amandla e-Tencel asondela ku-polyester, kuyilapho ehlanganisa ukuthambile kukakotini nokucwebezela kukasilika. Izakhiwo zayo zokushwabana{9}}ezimelana namagciwane zingathuthukiswa nakakhulu ngezinqubo zokuhlanganisa noma zokuqeda.
Ngokwezibaluli zemvelo, umjikelezo wokuphila wonke we-Tencel uhlangabezana nezidingo zentuthuko esimeme: izinto zayo ezingavuthiwe zitholwa ezinsizeni ezivuselelekayo, inqubo yayo yokukhiqiza iphansi{{0}ikhabhoni namanzi{1}}esebenza kahle, futhi udoti wayo ungaboli. Ngakho-ke, izindwangu ze-Tencel zithola ukuduma ezimpahleni, empahleni yasekhaya, nakweminye imikhakha, ziba enye indlela-ehlukile yokukhetha ukotini wendabuko kanye nelineni.
