When commercially available kevlar first appeared on the scene, small
kevlar cords were put into use on sport parachutes. Before even 100 uses,
some jumpers experienced line-breaks. It was a surprise, as the very thin
kevlar lines were supposed to be over twice the strength of the polyester
I use Kevlar for the foot loop on my frog system for years. I worked great.
KM
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On Jun 21, 2014, at 12:42 AM, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote:
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In the news today, it was announced that the chemist credited with the
discovery of Kevlar,
has passed away. Stephanie Kwolek was her name.
Sometime around 1986 or 87, I was taking a materials science course at
AM and had access to a tensile-test machine.I asked the professor
if I could test
