what are the uses of polyester fibre?
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Answer:
The uses of polyester fibres are :
1. Apparel uses: These fibres are used in apparels like shirts, trousers and sarees specifically raincoats.
2. Household uses: Used in curtains, carpets, draperies and upholstery like quilts, pillow,comforters etc.
3. Industrial uses: It is used in fishing nets, ropes,parachuts, sails etc.
4. Medicinal uses: Mostly polyester fibres are used in this medicinal purposes like artificial artery, veins and sutures.
Explanation:
Polyester is autoclaved which is like a giant pressure cooker in which polymerisation takes place under high pressure and temperature.
⚫ The initial workers of England named polyester fibre as terylene as it is based on the two chemicals used to manufacture that is terepthallic acid and ethylene glycol which combines to becomes terylene which is known as polyester.
• Wicking is the unique property of polyester which means that fibre allows moisture passing through one of the end to the another end without absorbing its moisture, this is the property of polyester which makes dresses more comfortable to wear in summer.• Polyester has a very good lustre which is controlled by adding delusterant called titanium dioxide and also it is a very strong fibre due to which its strength does ot decreases in wet conditions also and excellent resiliency due to which wrinkles or creases is not seen very easily.
• Polyester is thermoplastic fibres as both of them cannot withstand high temperature and polyester can also with all the natural fibres like cotton, wool and also man made fibres etc.