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Glossary

What is Polymer?

A long chain of repeating molecules; polyester and nylon are both built from petrochemicals into polymer chains before melt-spinning.

This term in other languages

Arabicالبوليمر
FrenchPolymère
TurkishPolimer

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How polyester and nylon are made, and why they behave differently from cotton

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