The crash in the Chinese stock market this week unnerved investors around the globe, as the world's second largest economy suffered from volatile trading and falling currency. NPR Senior Business Editor Marilyn Geewax joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the country's economic woes and the effect on the U.S. economy.
Modal (textile) (Redirected from Polynosic) Modal is a type of rayon, a semi-synthetic cellulose fiber made by spinning reconstituted cellulose, in this case often from beech trees. Modal is used alone or with other fibers (often cotton or spandex) in household items such as pajamas, towels, bathrobes, underwear and bedsheets.
You may have seen the word modal listed as fiber content on clothing and linens labels. While the word may be new to shoppers looking for new clothes, modal is actually just a type of rayon fabric made from the fibers of the beech tree. The term rayon applies to fabric/fiber made of the wood pulp from any tree.