answersLogoWhite

0

What is cotton wool used for?

Updated: 10/5/2023
User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

Best Answer

As the name suggests, cotton balls are made from cotton-producing plants.

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

cotton wool is made out of a sheep from a farm x

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

Cotton wool -- a rather UK-centric term -- is raw cotton with major impurities removed, usually used for surgical dressings, tampons and so forth -- highly absorbent cotton.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago

Cotton wool -- a British term -- is made of cotton. It is a single-use form of cotton, used in medical gauze, tampons, and cotton balls for example.

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What is cotton wool used for?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What elements are in cotton wool?

Cotton wool is raw cotton with gross impurities removed. It is used for gauze and for tampons. In USA, the term is absorbent cotton: cotton wool is more UK-centric.


How does the cotton wool get be a jersey?

Generally, cotton wool is not spun into yarn per se.Cotton is cleaned then either fabricated into cotton wool or into cotton yarn. Cotton yarn is used in making jerseys.


What is the common thing in cotton wool?

The common thing in cotton wool is cotton. Cotton wool isn't really wool -- it's cotton from which the large dirt and foreign objects have been removed. It is commonly used for first aid gauze or tampons -- Americans call it 'absorbent cotton'. (The term cotton wool is UK-centric.)


Does cotton wool dry?

Cotton wool is coarse cotton fibres used for first aid gauze and tampons. Yes, cotton wool will dry in air given the time for whatever moisture it contains to evaporate.


What to make with cotton wool?

Cotton wool is the UK term for absorbent cotton. This fibre is used in first aid dressings and tampons, for example.


Is cotton wool a solid?

Cotton wool is the UK term for absorbent cotton, typically used for first-aid gauze and tampons. Depending on what you want to compare it to, it can be considered soft.


What is more absorbent wool or cotton?

is wool more absorbent than cotton


Can you recycle Cotten wool?

Cotton wool is cotton typically used for gauze bandages and tampons. You may be able to re-purpose unused quantities of cotton wool -- called absorbent cotton in USA, but reusing used cotton wool is probably not advisable as a recycle task.


Where was wool first grown?

Cotton wool is the UK name for absorbent cotton. Cotton wool is cleaned then used for first aid kit gauze, tampons and Q-tips. It can also be used to germinate seedlings. Cotton has been grown over 5000 years. The ancient Egyptians grew cotton it has been used as a fibre for about as long.


What can be used as substitute of wool and why?

Cotton can be used as a substitute of wool since both are natural and can be easily found.


What is a another word for cotton wool?

Cotton wool is raw cotton with major impurities removed, usually used for surgical dressings, tampons and so forth -- highly absorbent cotton.


Does cotton wool contain carbon?

Cotton wool is raw cotton with major impurities removed, usually used for surgical dressings, tampons and so forth -- highly absorbent cotton.