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This video explains the basics of polymers and how they relate to chemistry.

How Polyester is Made The process for making polyester requires extensive knowledge of chemical reactions. You might be surprised to learn that the clothes we wear in our daily lives are made from the same ingredients that power our engines: coal, petroleum, air, and water. The process of creating this synthetic fiber starts in a vacuum. During a process called polymerization, a petroleum byproduct, alcohol, and carboxyl acid are combined and heated to extremely high temperatures within the vacuum. The high pressure pushes these ingredients together, which forms a polymer. This polymer is then extracted from the vacuum before it cools off and is stretched into long strings. These strings are then stretched until they are

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