A clothing maker plans to make fleece jackets from used PET drinks bottles.
Why can the maker use the recovered bottles for this product?
Melted PET can be made into strong, flexible fibres, so it suits fleece clothing.
PET is a good conductor of heat, so fibres made from it keep the wearer warm.
Recycled PET is purer than new PET, so it suits clothing worn next to the skin.
Shredded PET flakes are already fibres, so they can be spun into yarn without melting.
136 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Chemistry 6.1 Improving processes and products, covering 6.1.1 Extracting metals industrially and by electrolysis, 6.1.2 Life cycle assessment and recycling, 6.1.3 Biological methods of metal extraction, 6.1.4 The Haber process and the production of fertilisers, 6.1.5 Alloys and their uses, 6.1.6 Corrosion and its prevention, 6.1.7 Comparing and selecting materials, and 6.1.8 Industrial conditions, rate and position of equilibrium. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.