Wallace Carothers and the Nylon Legacy
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman - Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Chemical, Biochemical, Biomolecular Engineering Chemistry Materials Engineering |
| Special Topic(s): |
History of Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: | Reference - Article/Document |
| Media Type: | WWW |
| Author(s): | Chemical Heritage Foundation |
| Description: | Website on the history of nylon, sponsored by the Chemical Heritage Foundation. The site has a bio on Wallace Carothers, details of the nylon molecule, how nylon is produced, the science of nylon, and a photo gallery. "On October 27, 1938, DuPont announced that a research team led by Wallace Hume Carothers had developed the world's first totally synthetic fiber. This website, companion to the exhibit Spinning the Elements: Wallace Carothers and the Nylon Legacy which was displayed at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia from October 1997 to March 1999, tells the story of how nylon was invented at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware, how DuPont turned the laboratory research into a full-fledged industrial process, and how nylon and nylon products have come to pervade the world's daily life." |
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| Keywords: | DuPont, nylon, Wallace Carothers |
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| Use of Resource: | History of technology reference |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
| Interactivity Level: | Low |
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| Publication Date: | December 2000 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.chemheritage.org/EducationalServices/nylon/nylon.html |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
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