The search was on for a synthetic fiber. By 1934, Carothers had a promising ... Du Pont named this product nylon. The chemists called it Nylon 66 because the adipic acid and hexamethylene diamine ...

GCP Applied Technologies Inc. STRUX, GCP’s high-performing synthetic structural macrofibers enable customers to build smarter and faster without compromising performance. STRUX fibers provide ...

Common synthetic fabrics (such as polyester, nylon and acrylic) are all made from petroleum-based chemicals. Most synthetic fibers are made of long chains of hydrogen and carbon atoms and do not ...

These materials—particularly polyester and nylon—have impressive abrasion ... so brands incorporate synthetic fibers to ...