Wallace Hume Carothers


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Noun1.Wallace Hume Carothers - United States chemist who developed nylon (1896-1937)
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Before that, a girl's best friend was nylon - invented in 1934 by American chemist Wallace Hume Carothers as a result of an experiment with coal, hydrogen, air and petroleum.
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It occurred to the American chemist Wallace Hume Carothers (1896-1937) that an artificial polymer might be prepared that had the properties of silk.
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