Polyester in 1950s: Wash-and-wear · 598

Scores compare Polyester with the rest of the atlas on strength, heat, fire behaviour, insulation, workability and circularity. They are editorial, not certificates. Seven chapters follow. Fire and insulation claims name test families (Euroclass, ASTM E84, ISO 5660, KS F) rather than inventing a single safety number.

Polyester ((C10H8O4)n PET) is a family of grades whose density ~1.38 g/cm³, heat band ~250–260 °C, and fire letter melts and drips unless FR. Polyester is sold as grades, not as a single substance. Chemistry (C10H8O4)n PET, density ~1.38 g/cm³, heat band ~250–260 °C. This atlas treats Polyester as a system: mill route, coatings, tests and the cavity it sits in.

Conductivity note: low solid; fabrics trap air. Insulation score 50/100 is relative to 32 entries — metals lose, VIPs and aerogels win. Fire letter in editorial use: melts and drips unless FR. Do not equate A1 with “safe in a blaze” or E with “illegal”. Assemblies decide. Origin: Whinfield & Dickson 1941 / DuPont Dacron, United Kingdom / US. The process chapter follows feedstock → conversion → forming → finish → install.