Question

What was the first man made fibre? How did it got it’s name?

Answer 1

Nylon is  the first synthetic fiber and was developed by Wallace Carothers, an American researcher at the chemical firm DuPont in the 1930s. It soon made its debut in the United States as a replacement for silk, just in time for the introduction of rationing during World War II.Gladding  proposed “Norun” as the fibre''s name That sounded good and suggested that the material did not ladder (“no run”), but this name was rejected again because it was not true. “Norun” was changed to “Nuron”, because “nu” sounds like “new”. There was, however, a danger that it would be confused with a nerve tonic (“Neuron”). Gladding replaced the “r” by an “l” and the “u” first by an “i” and than by a “y” – and the word “nylon” was coined.