Polyester

Things made from polyester

Most activewear and performance-wear is made at least partially from polyester. Many, many clothing items made from jersey (tee shirt material) will be a blend of polyester and cotton. Anything weatherproof (raincoats, winter coats, hiking pants, etc. etc.) is almost certainly polyester. Most swimwear (mens and womens) is partially or completely made of polyester. And if any…

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Polyester History

In the dining room of my mum’s house lives a painting, and no matter how many times I ask her to take it down, she refuses. “It is a piece of you” she says. And she is right, it is a piece of me: my journey, development, struggles, successes, emotions, many selves and a turbulent period of my life. It is a painting I created when I was 17 years old, the final piece for my A-Level…

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Polyester Structural formula

DescriptionPolyester Polyol Structural Formula V.3.svg Deutsch: Beispielhafte (vereinfachte) Strukturformel eines Polyesterpolyols Date Source Own work Author Licensing [edit] I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. You are free: to…

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Polyester composition

Mature seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica napus contain a complex mixture of aliphatic monomers derived from the non-extractable lipid polyesters deposited by various seed tissues. Methods of polyester depolymerization of solvent-extracted seeds and analysis of aliphatic monomers were compared. Sodium methoxide-catalyzed depolymerization, followed by GC analysis of…

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Polyester in hot weather

How cool your clothing keeps you in the summer is a function of multiple variables, some of the relevant ones here being: 1) Insulation / airflow: Air circulation plays a key role in heat regulation, so even a slight breeze can keep you cool, if your clothing allows the air to move through it. Cotton, in general, is more breathable than polyester fabric, and hence superior…

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Polyester and Acrylic

It depends on weather. You can wear polyester all year long but acrylic in summer will be very difficult to wear. Acrylic is considered as a replacement for natural wool and polyester though non absorbant could work in hot weather . if it based on microfibers which increases wicking and quick evaporation . Most important thing to remember is that both are synthetic fibers…

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