Synthetic fabric facts for kids
Synthetic fabrics are fabrics manufactured in factories using chemical synthesis. They are also known as artificial or man-made fabrics. These include nylon, polyester, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and rayon. Synthetic fibers are made by the joining of monomers into polymers, by the process of polymerization.
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Joseph Swan created the first synthetic fiber.
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Nylon was first synthesized by Wallace Carothers at DuPont.
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A device for spinning Viscose Rayon dating from 1901
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