Wallace Hume CarothersBorn: 1896 Birthplace: Burlington, Iowa
Diamine-dicarboxylic acid salts and process of preparing same
and synthetic fiber—Carothers work involved the theory of linear
polymerization which culminated in the production of the
synthetic material nylon. Nylon was first commercially used in
toothbrush bristles. Carothers's work also led others to develop
the first successful synthetic rubber, neoprene. (1984)Died:
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