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Terephthalic acid reacts with ethylene oxide to produce PET.

The intermediate alcohol formed from ethoxylation can be purified by crystallisation from water.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

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Terylene
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H2O
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Teraphthalic_acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ethylene oxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Polyethylene terephthalate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
Industrial Process: Organic
Polymerisation
Substitution: Nucleophilic Second Order

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