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Plastic

Patented: History of Inventions

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How Much Was Plastic Affected by the Second World War?

First plastics were Bakelite in the early part of the 20th century, 1907. Then we started to see this as a sort of wonder material. nylon was really first used for parachutes during the wars and Teflon is related to Gore-Tex. The Second World War can't be underestimated in terms of the massive explosion of plastic uses that happened.

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