Carothers. Wallace

Carboxylic-sulfonic anhydrides, 80 Cardiovascular surgery, 27 Cardo diamines, 277, 278 Carothers, Wallace, 198 Carothers equation, 11, 59 Carothers group, 1 Carpet waste... 

John R. Johnson. Carothers, Wallace Hume. Dictionary of American Biography. Supplement 2 (1958) 96-97. 

CAROTHERS. WALLACE H. 0896-1937). Bom in Iowa. Carothers obtained his doctorate in chemistry at the University of Illinois. He joined the research staff of Du Pom in 1928, where lie undertook the development of polychioroprene (later called neoprene) that had been initialed by Nieuland" research on acetylene polymers. Carother s crowning achievement was the synthesis of nylon, the reaction product of hexamethylenetetramine and adipic acid. Carother s work in the polymerization mechanisms of fiber like synthetics of cyclic organic stoic-lures was brilliant and productive, and he is regarded as one of the most original and creative American chemists of the early 20"1 cenlury. 

Carothers, Wallace (1896-1937). Polymerization research resulting in synthesis of neoprene (polychlo-roprene) and of nylon (polyamide). 

Aramids are also widely used as the fibers that are part of space-age composites and in the manufacture of tire cord and tread. (See Figure 7.) see ALSO Carothers, Wallace AIaterials Science Polymers, Synthetic. 

Most plastics can be recycled. Even mixed plastic waste can be recycled into artificial lumber or particleboard. Plastic wood is easy to saw, and it has better resistance to adverse weather and insects than real wood. SEE ALSO Baekeland, Leo Carothers, Wallace Goodyear, Charles Staudinger, Hermann Nylon Polymers, Synthetic. 

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