Fiber and tradmarks

Generic Name	Trademark Name	Manufacturer & Company	Fiber Strength	Retention of Shape	Effects of heat
Acetate	Chromespun	Eastman Kodak	Low	Low	Sticks at 350F-375F
Acrylic	Acrilan	Monsanto Textiles Company	Excellent	Excellent	Sticks at 450F-497F
	Creslan	American Cyanamid Company	Excellent	Excellent	Sticks at 450F-497F
	Orlon	E.I. Dupont de Nemours	Excellent	Excellent	Sticks at 450F-497F
	Zefran	Dow Badische Company	Excellent	Excellent	Sticks at 450F-497F
Nylon	Anso	Allied Chemical Corporation	Excellent	Excellent	Sticks at 445F
	Antron	E.I. Dupont de Nemours	Excellent	Excellent	Sticks at 445F
	Enkalure	American Enka Company	Excellent	Excellent	Sticks at 445F
	Ultron	Monsanto Textiles Company	Excellent	Excellent	Sticks at 445F
	Zelfon	Dow Badische Company	Excellent	Excellent	Sticks at 445F
Olefin	Herculon	Hercules, Inc,. Fibers Div.	Excellent	Low	Melts at 325F
	Marvess	Phillips Fibers, Phillips Petroleum	Excellent	Low	Melts at 325F
	Vectra	Chevron Chemical	Excellent	Low	Melts at 325F
Polyester	Dacron	E.I. Dupont de Nemours	Excellent	Excellent	Melts at 480F-550F
	Fortrel	Celanse Corp.	Excellent	Excellent	Melts at 480F-550F
	Kodel	Eastman Kodak	Excellent	Excellent	Melts at 480F-550F
	Hallofil	E.I. Dupont de Nemours	Excellent	Excellent	Melts at 480F-550F
	Trevira	Hoechst Fiber	Excellent	Excellent	Melts at 480F-550F
Rayon	Fibro	Courtaulds	Low	Low	Decomposes at 350F
	Avril	Avetex Fibers, inc.	Low	Low	Decomposes at 350F-464F