Cotton is but one of a number of fibers which the consumer can use to satisfy the need for clothing, household articles and industrial products. Among natural products, in addition to cotton, there are animal furs, animal hairs such as wool and mohair, silk, flax, jute, coir, sisal, henequen, abaca, ramie and minerals such as asbestos. Among synthetic products there are nylon, polyester, acrylics, polypropylene and glass fibers. Rayon and its filament form -- acetate -- are technically artificial fibers, made from natural cellulose usually in wood but dissolved and recombined in a fiber form