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  2. Acrylic fiber - Wikipedia

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    Acrylic takes color well, is washable, and is generally hypoallergenic. End-uses include socks, hats, gloves, scarves, sweaters, home furnishing fabrics, and awnings. Acrylic can also be used to make fake fur and to make many different knitted clothes. As acrylic is a synthetic fiber, the larvae of clothes moths are unable to digest it. However ...

  3. Polyacrylonitrile - Wikipedia

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    Although it is thermoplastic, polyacrylonitrile does not melt under normal conditions. It degrades before melting. It melts above 300 °C if the heating rates are 50 degrees per minute or above. [12] Glass transition temperature is around 95 °C and fusion temperature is at 322 °C.

  4. Yarn conditioning - Wikipedia

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    In a yarn, moisture content is the moisture present in the yarn, expressed as a percentage of the total weight of the yarn. Moisture content is one of the most important tests on a yarn; [9] a fiber's moisture content will affect the entire manufacturing process, as it affects the physical properties of a material. For instance, during yarn ...

  5. This Is What Freezer Burn Actually Does To Your Food - AOL

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    For rigid containers (like ice cream cartons, for example), covering the surface of your food with a layer of plastic wrap helps keep at least some of the freezer burn at bay.

  6. Yarn - Wikipedia

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    When natural hair-type fibers are burned, they tend to singe and have a smell of burnt hair; this is because many, like human hair, are protein-derived. Cotton and viscose (rayon) yarns burn as a wick. Synthetic yarns generally tend to melt, though some synthetics are inherently flame-retardant. Noting how an unidentified fiber strand burns and ...

  7. Acrylonitrile - Wikipedia

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    The burning material releases fumes of hydrogen cyanide and oxides of nitrogen. It is classified as a Class 1 carcinogen (carcinogenic) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), [ 18 ] and workers exposed to high levels of airborne acrylonitrile are diagnosed more frequently with lung cancer than the rest of the population. [ 19 ]

  8. The hidden dangers of acrylic nails and why you might ... - AOL

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    Most women often opt for the traditional acrylic. And just in case you've been living under a rock over the years, acrylics are fake nails placed on your real nails, either painted a color of your ...

  9. Why salt melts ice — and how to use it on your sidewalk - AOL

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    Ice has a semi-liquid surface layer; When you mix salt onto that layer, it slowly lowers its melting point.. The more surface area salt can cover, the better the chances for melting ice.. Ice ...