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The Kevlar Story—An Advanced Materials Case Study
Author(s) -
Tanner David,
Fitzgerald James A.,
Phillips Brian R.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.19891010539
Subject(s) - kevlar , fiber , orientation (vector space) , materials science , trace (psycholinguistics) , composite material , glass fiber , polymer science , nanotechnology , philosophy , composite number , linguistics , mathematics , geometry
Review: The need for a fiber with the heat resistance of asbestos and the stiffness of glass led to the development of Kevlar which has a molecular orientation parallel to the fiber axis (see figure). Brian Phillips et al. trace the many faceted course of the development of Kevlar from the initial scientific discovery to the opening of a 45 million 1b/yr production plant.