Kevlar

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Also Known As	poly-para-phenylene terephthalamide

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U.S. soldiers wearing Kevlar helmets and ceramic-reinforced Kevlar vests and neck protectors while approaching a building in Sāmarrāʾ, Iraq, 2004.

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Stephanie Kwolek

American chemist