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How is terylene or dacron prepared?

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Solution :Terylene is a polyester FIBRE FORMED by the POLYMERISATION of dimethyl terephthalate with ETHYLENE glycol.
Dimethyl terephthalate is heated with ethylene glycol at 503 K in the presence of zinc acetate and antimony trioxide as a catalyst when dihydroxydiethyl terephthalate (monomer) is formed, Dihyd- roxydiethyl terephthalate on heating polymerises to give terylene.


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