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Glossary

What is Petrochemical?

A chemical building block refined from oil, the starting material a synthetic fibre is built up from.

This term in other languages

Arabicمادة بترولية كيماوية
FrenchProduit pétrochimique
TurkishPetrokimyasal

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The difference between man-made cellulosic fibres and synthetic fibres

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