Polysaccharides textile fibers from cellulose

Cotton is the most common cultivated fiber. The world s textile fiber consumption in 1998 was approximately 45 million tons. Of this total, cotton represented approximately 20 milhon tons. The earliest evidenee of cotton use is from India in 3,000 B.C. Cotton cultivation spread from India to Egypt, China and the South Pacific. Cotton is made from cellulose (a polysaccharide) Figure 5.11 shows a cotton flower and the chemical stmcture of cotton, including H-bonding. 

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