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Dehydration synthesis
Cotton plays an important role in our lives. It is unique because it is both a fiber and food crop. In the United States, we grow nearly 18 million bales (which weigh 500 lbs. each) every year. We use it in our clothing and household items. It’s also common ingredient in some of the foods we eat, such as salad dressings and snack foods. I found this cotton a couple of weeks ago while touring an antebellum plantation here in Tennessee. Cotton, like every other plant, is composed of cellulose fibers. The cellulose, which is a polysaccharide, is built by dehydration synthesis reactions. During this process, monomers join together into other monomers, disaccharides or polymers and lose their water molecules.
Dehydration synthesis
Cotton plays an important role in our lives. It is unique because it is both a fiber and food crop. In the United States, we grow nearly 18 million bales (which weigh 500 lbs. each) every year. We use it in our clothing and household items. It’s also common ingredient in some of the foods we eat, such as salad dressings and snack foods. I found this cotton a couple of weeks ago while touring an antebellum plantation here in Tennessee. Cotton, like every other plant, is composed of cellulose fibers. The cellulose, which is a polysaccharide, is built by dehydration synthesis reactions. During this process, monomers join together into other monomers, disaccharides or polymers and lose their water molecules.