Apropos K

Nylon patented

Wallace Hume Carothers (1896-1937). Source: DuPont

On February 16, 1937, the US chemical company Du Pont applied for a patent on the synthetic fiber "nylon". Nylon was the first fully synthetic fiber to lay the groundwork for exploring more synthetics, offering the textile industry completely new possibilities in product design. Nylon were invented by Wallace Hume Carothers (1896-1937).

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