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Spandex is the preferred name in North America and Australia , while elastane is most often used elsewhere, such as in Europe. It turns out that "spandex" was coined from an anagram of "expands." A well-known trademark for spandex or elastane is INVISTA 's brand name Lycra®. Other trademarks include '''Elaspan''' (also INVISTA's), '''Dorlastan''' (Bayer) and '''Linel''' (Fillattice). SPANDEX FIBER CHARACTERISTICS Spun from a Block Copolymer , these fibers exploit the high Crystal linity and hardness of Polyurethane segments, yet remain "rubbery" due to alternating segments of Polyethylene Glycol {Link without Title} . This yields the following combination of materials properties:
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PRODUCTION The U.S. Federal Trade Commission definition for spandex fiber is "A Manufacture d fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is a long chain Synthetic Polymer comprised of at least 85 percent of a segmented Polyurethane ". First U.S. commercial spandex fiber production: 1959, DuPont Company Current U.S. spandex fiber producers: INVISTA ; Bayer Corporation; RadiciSpandex Corporation FICTION In Comic Book s, Superhero es and Superheroine s commonly wear costumes made of spandex. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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