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After going through the processes of scouring and bleaching, 99% of cotton is made up of which polymer?

A

Epoxy

B

Cellulose

C

Proteins

D

Teflon

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B
After scouring and bleaching, cotton is 99% cellulose. Cellulose is a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of `beta (1-4)` linked D-glucose units.
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