What is Acrylic Yarn? - Textile Encyclopedia - Salud Yarn

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Acrylic fibers are synthetic fibers made from a polymer (polyacrylonitrile) with an average molecular weight of -100,000, about 1900 monomer units. For a fiber to be called "acrylic" in the US, the polymer must contain at least 85% acrylonitrile monomer.

Benefits of Acrylic Yarn

1-Widely available, affordable, durable, washable, non-allergenic

Disadvantages of Acrylic Yarn

1-Rough texture, manmade, flammable，

 it's useful in certain items, like garments for babies, which require constant washing.