Dr. Wallace H. Carothers (1896-1937) was an American industrial chemist responsible for the invention of man-made polymers. The director of the Du Pont research laboratory for artifical materials,Carothers led a team that invented neoprene,a synthetic rubber with a high tensile strength and higher resistance to heat than the natural product. His team also invented a new fiber he called nylon. Carothers,severely manic-depressive,committed suicide by swallowing cyanide in 1937 | |
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