First answer silk BUT Wikipedia says: "Bill Pittendreigh, DuPont, and other individuals and corporations worked diligently during the first few months of World War II to find a way to replace Asian silk with nylon in parachutes.Bill Pittendreigh, DuPont, and other individuals and corporations worked diligently during the first few months of World War II to find a way to replace Asian silk with nylon in parachutes." Can someone clarify?
That the US could replace with 10 warships for every 1 warship that Japan sunk in WW2. That the US could replace with 10 tanks for every 1 tank that Germany knocked out in WW2. That the US could replace with 20 or more warplanes for every airplane that the axis destroyed in WW2.
Nylon was used as a replacement for silk (which came from Japan and China) and was used in the war effort- parachutes, cannon powder bags, etc. Since it was in short supply, it was rationed to civilians.
One method is to take one thread sample from the map and burn it. Rayon will melt but silk will burn. Most "silk" maps made in WW2 were actually rayon. A few of the early maps were silk and these were usually crude maps and not in color. In 1943 the British also began using viscose rayon and cuprammonuium, a form of rayon commonly known asBemberg silk or copper rayon. The following site identifies most of the escape maps used by the Americans and many of those used by the British. http://www.escape-maps.com/
Nylon was used to make materials in the war such as parachutes and ropes.
Silk
Silk is more soft and smart than nylon! Silk looks nobler! Silk is a natural material; nylon is man-made.
Nylon, invented by a chemist at the DuPont Chemical Company in 1935, and first used in women's stockings in 1940.
Mostly for clothing. Silk was used for its strength and fineness of its fiber, but gradually synthetics were able to replace silk. Nylon was probably the major factor in silk's decline. Stockings, parachutes, various rigging were all originally silk, but nylon is more reliable, because it's not affected by water, mildew or rot.
nylon is about as strong as a spider's silk
Nylon resembles silk in terms of its appearance and texture, as both materials are smooth, shiny, and lightweight. However, nylon is a synthetic fiber made from petrochemicals, while silk is a natural protein fiber produced by silkworms.
First answer silk BUT Wikipedia says: "Bill Pittendreigh, DuPont, and other individuals and corporations worked diligently during the first few months of World War II to find a way to replace Asian silk with nylon in parachutes.Bill Pittendreigh, DuPont, and other individuals and corporations worked diligently during the first few months of World War II to find a way to replace Asian silk with nylon in parachutes." Can someone clarify?
Silk
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nylon is a silky material. it was first used as a subsititute for silk and is one part silk and two parts plastic.
Parachutes were made of woven nylon fabric in WW2