What should I wear today?
My orange T-shirt, red stripes singlet, light green dress, black trousers, blue shorts OR purple skirt??? Erm…. everytime before go out, many girls will stand in front of their wardrobe and think it for a long time...
"What should I wear today??? "
HAHA~~~
But today I just want to discover... What are we wearing actually everyday? What made up our clothes? Have you ever take a look on your shirt, maybe at the innerside of your clothes, or it is located near the collar….
There is a small piece of fabric which have sign on it….
It looks like this :
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This small piece of fabric will tell us the ingredients of the clothes….
There are different ingredients to made up our shirt….
But I will only select several type of ingredients and analyse it here….
I will show you some little fabric and their OWNER here….^^
There are different ingredients to made up our shirt….
But I will only select several type of ingredients and analyse it here….
I will show you some little fabric and their OWNER here….^^
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In my observation, I find out that most of the cloths are made up of this 3 ingredients :
1) Cotton
2) Rayon
3) Polyester
So, I will focus on these 3 types of ingredients.
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that grows in a form known as a boll around the sseeds of the sotton plant, a shrub native to the Americas, India and Afrika. The fiber most often is spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile, which is the most widely used natural-fiber cloth in clothing today.
Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that grows in a form known as a boll around the sseeds of the sotton plant, a shrub native to the Americas, India and Afrika. The fiber most often is spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile, which is the most widely used natural-fiber cloth in clothing today.
Used
It can used to be made towels, blue jeans, socks, T-shirt, underwear, bed sheet… Almost all the things you used in your daily life are made up of cotton.
It can used to be made towels, blue jeans, socks, T-shirt, underwear, bed sheet… Almost all the things you used in your daily life are made up of cotton.
Cotton ready to harvest
Rayon
Rayon is a manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber. Because it is produced from naturally occurring polymers, it is neither a truly synthetic fiber nor a natural fiber; it is a semi-synthetic fiber . Rayon is known by the names viscose rayon and art silk in the textile industry. It usually has a high lustre quality giving it a bright shine. Rayon contains the shemical elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Rayon is a manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber. Because it is produced from naturally occurring polymers, it is neither a truly synthetic fiber nor a natural fiber; it is a semi-synthetic fiber . Rayon is known by the names viscose rayon and art silk in the textile industry. It usually has a high lustre quality giving it a bright shine. Rayon contains the shemical elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Used
1) Apparel(e.g. blouses, dresses, jackets, suits, ties, hats, socks)
2) Furnishings (e.g. bedspreads, blankets, curtain)
3) Industrial uses (e.g. medical surgery products, tire cord)
4) Other uses (e.g. yarn, feminine hygiene products)
1) Apparel(e.g. blouses, dresses, jackets, suits, ties, hats, socks)
2) Furnishings (e.g. bedspreads, blankets, curtain)
3) Industrial uses (e.g. medical surgery products, tire cord)
4) Other uses (e.g. yarn, feminine hygiene products)
A sample of rayon on a skirt
Another skirt with different texture
Rayon thread
Cellulose is treated with alkali and carbon disulfide to yield rayon.
(Click the diagram to show the equation clearly.^^)
Polyester
Polyester is a category of polymers which contain the ester functional group in their main chain. Although there are many polyesters, the term "polyester" as a specific material most commonly refers to polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Polyesters include naturally-occurring chemicals, such as in the cutin of plant cuticles, as well as synthetics through step-growth polymerization such as polycarbonate and polybutyrate. Natural polyesters and a few synthetic ones are biodegradable, but most synthetic polyesters are not.
Characteristic
1) Polyesters as thermoplastics may change shape after the application of heat.
2) Polyester fibers have high tenacity and E-modulus as well as low water absorption and minimal shrinkage in comparison with other industrial fibers.
Used
Apparel, Bed sheets , rope, safety belt, comforter, films, bottle…
Polyester structural formula
Polyester ribbon
That is what we wearing , sleeping on and using everyday….
Just to share this information with you….
Or you have some shirt like this???^^
Just to share this information with you….
Or you have some shirt like this???^^
directly show the ingredients outside the shirt?
A simple yet informative blog article on what makes the clothes that we wear everyday. Fulfills what I expect from your chemistry assignment. Well done, keep up the good work!
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