Tennis racket string

PVC plastisols and latexes are involved in the production of many useful products, including protection of scrim glass fabric used for reinforcement of cementitious boards and other products, production of breathable fabrics woven from coated fibers, fiber optics, and production of various articles (e g., fishing lines or tennis racket string) from coated fibers. Some examples are given below. 

When nylon is made in industry, it forms as a solid which is melted and forced through small holes (Figure 15.19). The long filaments cool and solid nylon fibres are produced which are stretched to align the polymer molecules and then dried. The resulting yarn can be woven into fabric to make shirts, ties, sheets and parachutes or turned into ropes or racket strings for tennis and badminton rackets. The annual worldwide production of nylon is expected to reach 6 million tonnes by 2015. 

Catgut, which was used for medical suturing and as tough strings on tennis rackets and musical instruments, is not from cats, but comes from the intestines of sheep, horses, and other large mammals. 

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