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Studies leveraging NIR and CNNs report accuracies exceeding 95%, with some achieving perfect classification for pure fibers.

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WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor “It’s not peculiar to me that we have products that are made with synthetic fibers that are plastic polymers, made with ingredients and solvents that ...