(1896–1937), American industrial chemist; full name Wallace Hume Carothers. He developed the first successful synthetic rubber, neoprene, and the synthetic fibre Nylon 6.6.
Definition of Carothers, Wallace in US English:
Carothers, Wallace
proper nounkəˈrəT͟Hərz
(1896–1937), US industrial chemist; full name Wallace Hume Carothers. He developed neoprene, the first successful synthetic rubber and also Nylon 6.6, a synthetic fiber.