Dupont Nylon Collection 1939-1977
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman - Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Chemical, Biochemical, Biomolecular Engineering |
| Special Topic(s): |
History of Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: | Reference - Article/Document |
| Media Type: | WWW |
| Author(s): | Robert Harding |
| Description: | "The E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Company was founded on July 19, 1802 by Eleuthere Irenee DuPont on Brandywine Creek for the purpose of manufacturing gunpowder. In 1804 the first DuPont powder went on public sale. In 1902 a new corporation was formed, by three great-grandsons of the founder, to more effectively compete with the changing technical field and the expanding scale and complexity of business. During the 20th century the corporation moved into the research and manufacture of thousands of products and processes, and consequently developed and expanded many markets. Synthetic fibers is one of a family of products of the Dupont Corporation. In 1930, Dr. Wallace H. Carothers, working with Dr. J.W. Hill in DuPont's Fundamental Research Laboratory at Wilmington, produced the first synthetic fiber-forming "superpolymer". This was the forerunner of nylon. In 1938, the development of nylon was announced. It's first use was in brush bristles. Hosiery filaments were developed in 1939, and offered commercially in 1940. In 1941, nylon was applied to the molding industry. From l942 to 1944, nylon production was allocated completely to war uses. The best known outgrowth of the company's research progress, nylon is one of the most important developments in Dupont's long history. It was the result of the chemical industry's first large-scale fundamental research program. And it proved to be the first of a whole family of synthetics for consumer consumption. The product was bought into commercial production at a new plant in Seaford, Delaware." |
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| Keywords: | Dupont, nylon |
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| Use of Resource: | History of technology |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
| Interactivity Level: | Very Low |
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| Publication Date: | November 1990 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d8007.htm |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
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