Fibers can be spun into yarn and made into fabrics. Synthetic fibers are a subset of the larger area of textiles. Textiles can be natural or synthetic. Natural fibers include cotton, fur, wool, etc.

The difference between these and synthetic fabrics is that the natural resource used to make the polymers in the fibers comes from wood pulp found in trees or bamboo. Unlike petroleum, trees and ...

An introduction to processing-structure-properties of fibers and its significance to modern advanced materials. This course coves both traditional and emerging fiber spinning methods (ex. solution ...

Some fiber types can even greatly reduce construction time and, in some applications, eliminate the need for conventional steel. Macro-synthetic fibers not only provide resistance to plastic ...

Chemical fibers account for roughly 77 percent of the total fiber production worldwide and include synthetic fibers such as polyesters or polyamides and man-made cellulosic fibers like viscose or ...

Seeking to provide a natural solution to this problem is Rockapaca, a startup, founded by Yulia Linder and her husband Erich, ...

NEW YORK, N.Y.— More than half of wool knitwear is blended with synthetic fibers derived from fossil fuels, a new analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity and Collective Fashion Justice has ...