Most probably, everyone involved in the field of thermal resistance knows about the aramid fibers: meta and para aramid. Thus, we are used to think about working temperature at 200°C and carbonization point at 400°C Celsius. But what if you need a fiber with a higher temperature resistance? Generally, the proposal would be to use [...] Continue Reading…

The chemist Stephanie Kwolek (1923–2014) was born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Her father, who died when she was 10 years old, was a naturalist by avocation. She spent many hours with him exploring the woods and fields near her home and filling scrapbooks with leaves, wildflowers, seeds, grasses and detailed descriptions. From her mother, at [...] Continue Reading…

What is Vectran? When we talk about Vectran fiber, we refer to a high-performance multifilament yarn spurn from liquid crystal polymer, created by Celanese and produced from Kuraray since 2005. Looking at its chemical structure, it is an aromatic polyester produced by the polycondensation of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and 6-hydroxynaphthalene-2-carboxylic acid. This leads to some advantages [...] Continue Reading…