1. Filament tow of acrylic or modacrylic

2. Containing 85 percent or more by weight of acrylic or modacrylic staple fibers (cont’d):

3. Acrylonitrile is primarily used in the manufacture of acrylic and modacrylic fibers. It is also used as a raw material in the manufacture of plastics (Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene and styrene-Acrylonitrile resins), adiponitrile, acrylamide, and nitrile rubbers and …

4. Examples animal – wool, other animal hair (goat, cashmere, mohair, angora, alpaca, llama, camel, rabbit) and silk vegetable – cotton, flax, ramie, jute, abaca, and sisal, etc. synthetic – acrylic modacrylic, polypropylene, polyester, polyethylene, polyurethane, nylon, and other polyamides, etc. artificial – rayon and acetate, etc.; includes cellulosic fibres, protein fibres, and alginate fibres Filament A fibre of an indefinite or continuous length.