First man-made synthetic fibre isa)Cottonb)Nylonc)Rayond)PolyesterCorr...
- Rayon is an artificial fibre, but not truly synthetic, being made from wood.
- Nylon, the first synthetic fibre in the "fully synthetic" sense of that term, was developed by Wallace Carothers, an American researcher at the chemical firm DuPont in the 1930s.
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First man-made synthetic fibre isa)Cottonb)Nylonc)Rayond)PolyesterCorr...
Nylon is a fabric that's woven from man-made fibers. Many clothes are made from nylon, as opposed to natural fibers like cotton, silk. Women's stockings are sometimes called nylons, but they were usually made from silk before the twentieth century invention of the cheaper and more durable nylon. Because nylon is a kind of sturdy woven plastic, it's also used to make things like car parts, food packaging, and the strings of instruments. Nylon, modeled on words like "cotton" and "rayon," is a completely made-up word, with no real roots.
First man-made synthetic fibre isa)Cottonb)Nylonc)Rayond)PolyesterCorr...
The first man made
fibers to be produced
were regenerated fibers
such as viscose rayon in
1892 and cellulose
acetate in 1918. These types of fibers
are created by breaking down cellulose
or wood pulp, then regenerating them
by extrusion.