What is the difference between Cotton and Polyester?

Cotton grows as lint or balls of fiber to be picked on a plant, and it takes several steps for it to be processed into clothing material. This cotton fiber, after being picked passes through a separation process called ginning so as to separate the lint from the seed. After this, the picked fiber is put into bales, and they pass through the textile mill to be spun into yarn which is used to make fabric. Polyester, on the other hand, is a fiber that is man-made. It is gotten from petroleum. In the manufacturing of polyester, there are three basic steps: The first one is condensation polarization.

This is the hardening of material after polymerization, due to the heating of alcohol and acid in a vacuum to high temperature. The hardened material is cut into chips afterward. For the second process, the chips are melted and then pushed through spinnerets, after which the material is cooled and wound round cylinders. For the third and final process, the formed fibers will be heated and again so that they have been stretched to about five times longer, after which the material is ready to use in creating fabric.