The Woman Who Invented the Thread That Stops Bullets: The Genius of Stephanie Kwolek
(Part of the Genius at Work! Great Inventor Biographies Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1464402116
ISBN13:9781464402111
Release Date:July 2013
Publisher:Enslow Publishing
Length:48 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 7.2" x 8.7"
Age Range:8 to 10 years
Grade Range:Grades 3 to 5
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