Nylon Thread
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- Description
- Created in DuPont’s Fundamental Research Laboratory in Wilmington, De., and unveiled by chemist Wallace H. Carothers on Feb. 28, 1935, Nylon 6,6 was the basis of what would soon become the first commercially successful synthetic thermoplastic polymer. This early example of Nylon 6,6 is wound on a spool marked “153 / 45-15-4 / 20 Z / Dull / Unsized.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Nylon Thread
- Date made
- before 1939
- pre 1939
- Measurements
- spool: 105 mm x 90 mm; 4 1/8 in x 3 9/16 in
- overall: 4 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 10.795 cm x 9.525 cm
- ID Number
- 1982.0140.01
- catalog number
- 1982.0140.01
- accession number
- 1982.0140
- Credit Line
- Gift of Herman Schneider
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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