Kevlar belongs to the aramid family of fibres. So is twaron. Twaron shares many similarities with kevlar. It has a high tensile strength and shows great thermal stability just like kevlar. Twaron neither burns, nor melts. It also shows high resistance to chemical substances.
Twaron was invented by a Dutch company named AKZO in the 1970s. But, it was not commercially produced until 1986, because of financial troubles. When it was first produced, twaron was called ‘fibreX’. Now, a company called Teijin produces twaron.
Twaron too is used for making bulletproof body armour. It is also used to make optical fibre cables and substitutes for asbestos.
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