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  • Thumbnail for Cellulose acetate
    also used as a synthetic fiber in the manufacture of cigarette filters and playing cards. In photographic film, cellulose acetate film replaced nitrate film...
    26 KB (3,241 words) - 19:23, 18 August 2024
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    plastic cellulose acetate fiber, paper or activated charcoal (either as a cavity filter or embedded into the plastic cellulose acetate fibers). Macroporous...
    28 KB (3,065 words) - 21:18, 24 October 2024
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    another cellulosic product, acetate, and developed it as a film. The first commercial textile uses for acetate in fiber form were developed by the Celanese...
    19 KB (1,987 words) - 00:05, 22 October 2024
  • A similar product known as cellulose acetate was discovered in 1865. Rayon and acetate are both artificial fibers, but not truly synthetic, being made...
    10 KB (1,065 words) - 12:21, 29 March 2024
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    For a fiber to be called "acrylic" in the US, the polymer must contain at least 85% acrylonitrile monomer. Typical comonomers are vinyl acetate or methyl...
    10 KB (1,378 words) - 04:34, 21 October 2024
  • chemicals, fibers, and plastics. It provides coatings, adhesives and specialty plastics products, is a major supplier of cellulose acetate fibers, and produces...
    18 KB (1,744 words) - 02:19, 20 August 2024
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    Dietary fiber (fibre in Commonwealth English) or roughage is the portion of plant-derived food that cannot be completely broken down by human digestive...
    85 KB (9,578 words) - 13:08, 11 November 2024
  • Menswear – Rayon and Acetate". Real Men Real Style. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. "Fiber Characteristics: Acetate". Fabric Link. Archived...
    48 KB (5,289 words) - 19:04, 12 November 2024
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    Fiber or fibre (British English; from Latin: fibra) is a natural or artificial substance that is significantly longer than it is wide. Fibers are often...
    19 KB (1,885 words) - 05:28, 25 October 2024
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    Celanese Corporation of America. In 1947, Celanese started producing acetate fiber at its plant near Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico. The plant was closed in...
    23 KB (2,123 words) - 19:07, 12 September 2024
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    Fiber crops are field crops grown for their fibers, which are traditionally used to make paper, cloth, or rope. Fiber crops are characterized by having...
    8 KB (873 words) - 09:16, 30 October 2024
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    Natural fibers or natural fibres (see spelling differences) are fibers that are produced by geological processes, or from the bodies of plants or animals...
    23 KB (2,575 words) - 00:45, 28 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Polyvinyl acetate
    as a binder in nonwovens in glass fibers, sanitary napkins, filter paper and in textile finishing. Polyvinyl acetate is also the raw material to make other...
    10 KB (962 words) - 08:20, 25 September 2024
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    Carbon fibers or carbon fibres (alternatively CF, graphite fiber or graphite fibre) are fibers about 5 to 10 micrometers (0.00020–0.00039 in) in diameter...
    27 KB (2,891 words) - 00:16, 22 September 2024
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    fibers are natural fibers that consist largely of certain proteins. Examples include silk, hair/fur (including wool) and feathers. The animal fibers used...
    9 KB (1,112 words) - 19:04, 18 January 2024
  • Switzerland, in the early '30s, by an American, Rudolph Kaegi. He spun the acetate fiber Celanese into a springy spiral, then wove it with wool to produce the...
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    textile warp sizing, as a thickener and emulsion stabilizer in polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) adhesive formulations, in a variety of coatings, and 3D printing...
    14 KB (1,426 words) - 17:19, 11 September 2024
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    Vinylon (redirect from Juche Fiber)
    vinyl acetate. Polymerization produces polyvinyl acetate (PVAc). Hydrolysis of PVAc produces polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH). PVOH is stretched into a fiber and...
    14 KB (1,750 words) - 06:14, 4 November 2024
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    filling of fibrous material, typically fiberglass, bonded acetate fiber (BAF) or long-fiber wool. The effective volume increase can be as much as 40%...
    45 KB (5,499 words) - 17:05, 5 October 2024
  • soy and corn. Rayon and acetate fibers are also produced from cellulose mainly derived from trees. Common synthetic fibers include acrylics, polyesters...
    53 KB (6,563 words) - 23:19, 5 November 2024
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