Stumbled upon this article, thought some of you might find it interesting. She's the inventor of Kevlar fibers, and Nomex which is used in the fire resistant clothing.

http://www.chemheritage.org/ed...2.htm

 

Thats pretty neat. Thx for posting

 

is it true she invented fire too?

 

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No, that's the devils work

 

good find. thanks

 

she was not the inventor of nomex. Wilfred Sweeny was. He's the only one on the patent.

 

Thank you for bumping an 8 year old thread to clear up the confusion.

 

No problem, but I should say that I have a little vested interest as my father was Wilfred Sweeny. He was awarded the Lavoiser Medal from DuPont in 2002 for this and other contributions. It took him a long time to get the recognition that he deserved, and I just didn't want to have Stephanie Kowlek get any more recognition for something she did not contribute to. I could go into more details per conversations I had with my dad but both her and my father are both gone so there's no need to. Thanks for reading. You can find more on the web to verify what I've written