Word: orlon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Thirty years have passed since chemists at E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. revolutionized the textile industry by introducing a man-made fiber named nylon. Since then, Du Pont has continued to mount an impressive list of synthetic firsts in textile fibers, including Orlon, Dacron and Teflon. Last week at a press preview in Manhattan's First National City Bank Building, the chemical Goliath unveiled its latest unnatural discovery: Qiana. (Pronounced...
...dramatically, Du Pont has made a considerable impact on the nation's language and life. Besides nylon, Dacron and cellophane, the firm has contributed a whole lexicon of names, many of which sound like something right out of science fiction. While a man dons his suit of orlon and his socks of Spandex in the morning, his wife may be wriggling into a Lycra girdle, an Antron slip, Cantrece hose-or the Warner "body stocking," a new fashion rage made of Du Font's stretch nylon...
...full of microscopic holes) until it can decide on a trademark name. The shoe material is made in two or three layers: outside is a polyvinyl chloride film that can be treated to look like any leather, from cordovan to suede; next is either a layer of nylon or orlon (Du Pont) or one of polyurethane foam (Arnav); the shoe's inside layer is one of the standard lining materials...