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Cotton clothes can be made more easily wer than synthetic clothes. Explain.

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The forces of attraction between similar molecules is called cohesive forces and that between dissimilar molecules is called adhesive force. In between water and cotton molecules adhesive forces act which are predominant over cohesive forces. As a result cotton clothes can be easily made more wet than synthetic clothes.
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