Natural fibres are obtained from plants and animals, for example, cotton, wool, silk, etc.
Synthetic fibres are man-made and obtained by chemical processing, for example, PVC, polyethene, nylon etc.
Question 10
What are the differences between natural and synthetic fibres?
What is natural fibre, and how is it different from synthetic fibre?
We have fibres, namely synthetic and natural. When talking about the synthetic fibres, we see that they are very different in properties from each other. For instance, Rayon is a synthetic fibre but it is very different from other synthetic fibres. How?