The Woman Who Invented the Thread That Stops Bullets: The Genius of Stephanie Kwolek (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781464402111)

Stephanie Louise Kwolek is an American chemist who invented poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide, better known as Kevlar. She was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of New Kensington, Pennsylvania. In 1964, in anticipation of a gasoline shortage, her group began searching for a lightweight yet strong fiber to be used in tires. The polymers she had been working with at the time formed liquid crystal while in solution, something unique to those polymers at the time. However, Kwolek persuaded technician Charles Smullen to test her solution. She was amazed to find that the new fiber would not break when nylon typically would.

Author: Edwin Brit Wyckoff
ISBN-10: 1464402116
ISBN-13: 9781464402111
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
Language: English
Published: 07/16/2013
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.70h x 7.20w x 0.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
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