Staple fibers are short-length fibers commonly used in the textile industry for spinning yarn, producing nonwoven fabrics, ...

The search was on for a synthetic fiber. By 1934, Carothers had a promising ... Du Pont named this product nylon. The chemists called it Nylon 66 because the adipic acid and hexamethylene diamine ...

A typical closet is loaded with plastic, woven into polyester activewear, acrylic sweaters, nylon swimsuits ... the most widely used fiber on Earth, and along with other synthetic fibers accounts ...

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On the other hand, synthetic fabrics — like polyester, nylon and spandex — are more resistant to sweat and shrinkage because their tightly woven fibers don't swell in water. On a chemical ...

A typical closet is loaded with plastic, woven into polyester activewear, acrylic sweaters, nylon swimsuits ... the most widely used fiber on Earth, and along with other synthetic fibers accounts ...