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Question
What is the contribution of chemistry in following field?
Clothing
Solution
Contribution of chemistry in the field of Clothing:
Chemistry is widely used in the textile industry which manufactures clothing for us. Clothes guard our body from the external environment.
Formation of clothing begins with the knowledge of conversion of fibres into fabrics. Fibres can be natural or synthetic. Earlier only natural fibres were known to man such as cotton, jute, silk, wool, etc. which were used to produce dress materials, sarees, bags, sweaters, shawls, etc. With more development, synthetic fibres were also made such as nylon, terylene etc. These fibres are strong, wrinkle-resistant and dry quickly. They are used
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