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Man's necktie
MFA# 2007.971

Description

[DuPont] A registered trademark for a Polyester fiber made of Polyethylene terephthalate. In 1951, Dacron®, along with Terylene in England, became the first commercially marketed polyester fiber. Dacron® is available as yarn, staple, and fiberfill. Polyester is durable, strong, and washes well. It has good resistance to bleaches, ketones, alcohols, soaps, detergents, and dry cleaning agents. Dacron® is also resistant to creasing, abrasion, heat aging, sunlight, and insect attack. It is used for clothing, curtains, belts, fire hoses, and filled products.

For identification of Dacron fibers, see http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Category:FRIL:_Polyester

Dacron at 200x

Dacron at 200x polarized light

Synonyms and Related Terms

polyester; polyethylene terephthalate; Terylene [ICI]; Fiber V;

FTIR

SEM

Risks

Difficult to ignite
Burns with a shiny, yellow-orange, sooty flame.
Self-extinguishing

Physical and Chemical Properties

Resistant to cold acids, weak alkalis, bleach and most organic solvents.
Degrades in strong alkalis, strong hot acids, cresol.
Tenacity = 2.8-5.2
Elongation = 19-30%
Moisture regain = 0.4%

Melting Point	250-260 C
Density	1.38 g/ml
Refractive Index	1.54, 1.72

Comparisons

Properties of Synthetic Fibers

Resources and Citations

DuPont: Fabrics

Marjory L. Joseph, Introductory Textile Science, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Fort Worth, TX, 1986

Identification of Textile Materials, The Textile Institute, Manchester, England, 1985

G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 625

Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993

The Merck Index, Martha Windholz (ed.), Merck Research Labs, Rahway NJ, 10th edition, 1983 Comment: entry 7730

Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000

AMOL reCollections Glossary at http://amol.org.au/recollections/7/d/htm

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-[[File:55 poly Dacron 200X pol.jpg|thumb|Dacron]]
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 == Description ==
 [DuPont] A registered trademark for a [[polyester fiber]] made of [[polyethylene terephthalate]]. In 1951, Dacron®, along with Terylene in England, became the first commercially marketed polyester fiber. Dacron® is available as yarn, staple, and fiberfill. Polyester is durable, strong, and washes well. It has good resistance to bleaches, ketones, alcohols, soaps, detergents, and dry cleaning agents. Dacron® is also resistant to creasing, abrasion, heat aging, sunlight, and insect attack. It is used for clothing, curtains, belts, fire hoses, and filled products.
-[[File:55 poly Dacron 200X.jpg|thumb|Dacron]]
+For identification of Dacron fibers, see http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Category:FRIL:_Polyester
+[[File:55 poly Dacron 200X.jpg|thumb|Dacron at 200x]]
+[[File:55 poly Dacron 200X pol.jpg|thumb|Dacron at 200x polarized light]]
 == Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 polyester; polyethylene terephthalate; Terylene [ICI]; Fiber V;
-[[[SliderGallery rightalign|dacron200m.jpg~SEM|dacron500m.jpg~SEM]|DacronTestfabrics.jpg~FTIR|Infrared spectrum of Dacron polyester]]
+[[[SliderGallery rightalign|DacronTestfabrics.jpg~FTIR|dacron200m.jpg~SEM|dacron500m.jpg~SEM]]]
+== Risks ==
+* Difficult to ignite
+* Burns with a shiny, yellow-orange, sooty flame.
+* Self-extinguishing
-== Other Properties ==
+==Physical and Chemical Properties==
-Resistant to cold acids, weak alkalis, bleach and most organic solvents.  Degrades in strong alkalis, strong hot acids, cresol. Tenacity = 2.8-5.2   Elongation = 19-30%  Moisture regain = 0.4%
+* Resistant to cold acids, weak alkalis, bleach and most organic solvents.
+* Degrades in strong alkalis, strong hot acids, cresol.
+* Tenacity = 2.8-5.2
+* Elongation = 19-30%
+* Moisture regain = 0.4%
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
 ! scope="row"| Melting Point
-| 250-260
+| 250-260 C
 |-
 ! scope="row"| Density
-| 1.38
+| 1.38 g/ml
 |-
 ! scope="row"| Refractive Index
 | 1.54, 1.72
 |}
-== Hazards and Safety ==
-Difficult to ignite.  Burns with a shiny, yellow-orange, sooty flame.  Self-extinguishing
-== Additional Information ==
-DuPont Dacron: [http://www.dupont.com/fiberfill/ Website]
 == Comparisons ==
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 [[media:download_file_76.pdf|Properties of Synthetic Fibers]]
+==Resources and Citations==
+* DuPont: [https://www.dupont.com/fabrics-fibers-and-nonwovens.html Fabrics]
-== Sources Checked for Data in Record ==
+* Marjory L. Joseph, ''Introductory Textile Science'', Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Fort Worth, TX, 1986
-* Marjory L. Joseph, Marjory L. Joseph, ''Introductory Textile Science'', Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Fort Worth, TX, 1986
 * ''Identification of Textile Materials'', The Textile Institute, Manchester, England, 1985
-* G.S.Brady, G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971  Comment: p. 625
+* G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971  Comment: p. 625
-* Richard S. Lewis, Richard S. Lewis, ''Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary'', Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
+* Richard S. Lewis, ''Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary'', Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
 * ''The Merck Index'', Martha Windholz (ed.), Merck Research Labs, Rahway NJ, 10th edition, 1983  Comment: entry 7730
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 * Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000
-* Website address 1, Website address 1  Comment: AMOL reCollections Glossary at http://amol.org.au/recollections/7/d/htm
+* AMOL reCollections Glossary at http://amol.org.au/recollections/7/d/htm
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