Types of Fibre

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N H Y S Y N T H E T I C F I B R E S F L P
O U J Q L D R X I W V A H B S V G U G F D
E G O U C X C L M C S V J B Y C V E T N Q
S X D W S T A P L E F I B R E C J I S S U
F B X R N A E T G B D X J Y H S I X M G P
R A I X O A D P O O A M G F X Q X A I Y R
R E G E N E R A T E D F I B R E S Y Q J G
Y K C U M H B Q X T M B I G Y P N S L D F
L U C D R P F T W L D V M U L D A R P N F
E Q V I S C O S E F I B R E S D T E H W H
S B C H Q M Q S S R Q S F E U S U M G I I
O L C T S I D L Y I U P Y A T T R Y K D J
C H N N P G S I L K I I N C S R A L U N N
S U O L J Y I V B S P N W T N E L O J A N
I W V C I P U L D S P E J N I T F P K N J
V E F N J R E V I I Y T E C Y C I J A C X
G F I L A M E N T K E B V U J H B N B L M
B S L K I Q B G A D H D S Y N E R D S I O
A M Q F S D F T F N F W U N R D E U Q T O
D G W D N X R I T N J G E S X K S L T P R
T B S E J X I X F O Y E Y D R M F G W L E

Clues

  • A long length fibre (8)
  • A short length fibre (6, 5)
  • Absorbent and strong when dry, but have poor resistance to biological damaga (7, 6)
  • How filaments in synthetic fibres are made into yarns (9)
  • Is made to drape well (7)
  • Long chains of molecules mainly from coal or oil (8)
  • Made by dissolving cellulose in sodium hydroxide solution (7, 6)
  • Made from natural materials, usually cellulose from wood pulp (11, 6)
  • Man-made (9, 6)
  • These filament fibres can be up to 1km long (4)

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