Question

why do cotton clothes absorb water easily?

Answer 1

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▪Cotton is a cellulosic Fiber and hence it has a lot of —OH groups. Hence it can absorb more moisture while synthetic fibres like polyester and nylon have no or less no of such hydrophilic groups and hence they absorb less moisture.

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Answer 2

Cotton have a large negative charged polymer molecules to attract water.
Fibres of cotton have lots of space between the threads used in them.
And moreover absorbing water is the nature of cotton