Chemistry, asked by tanishkuniyal808, 14 hours ago

why is cotton wool used to make wicks for oil lamps? what will happen if synthetic fibres are used in place of cotton wool ? ​

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Answered by alkasurin37
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Explanation:

Cotton wool have small many holes and it can absorb oil and the in the holes there are also air which can catch fire easily but synthetic fibres cannot because cannot absorb oil so if we do that it will burn fastly.

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