Word: arnel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Static-Free Synthetics. Two new processes to eliminate the static from synthetics so they will not cling to the skin and gather lint will soon be in use. A Celanese Corp. of America process coats cottonlike cellulose around each filament of fiber in its Arnel fabrics. Onyx Oil and Chemical Co. has developed a chemical compound called Aston which can be applied to all synthetics to kill the static. Clothing manufacturers will plug the fabric as "Astonized...
Revamped Fiber. To compete with such fibers as Dacron and Orlon. Celanese Corp. of America announced a new acetate rayon, called Arnel. It holds a crease so well that it can be put into automatic washers and dryers, needs virtually no ironing. Price: about 55? a lb. for staple, v. $1.28 a lb. and up for Dacron and the others...