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KEVLAR Kevlar. (2011, November 9). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 00:40, November 10, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevlar&oldid=459805469

"Kevlar is the registered trademark for a para-aramid synthetic fiber, related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora. Developed at DuPont in 1965, this high strength material was first commercially used in the early 1970s as a replacement for steel in racing tires. Typically it is spun into ropes or fabric sheets that can be used as such or as an ingredient in composite material components."

This article does not have properly cited sources. In addition, the article lacks a lot of more mainstream common applications that should be added. As a longtime fan of DuPont and their technologies, especially Kevlar, as well as a technical writing student versed in the appropriate method of research, I think that I am capable of adding more relevant sources and applications of the product.

Source 1: Welcome to Kevlar. (2005, June 04). DuPont the Miracles of Science. Retrieved November 4, 2011, from http://www2.dupont.com/Kevlar/en_US/index.html This source is DuPont’s official main website page for their product Kevlar. Being from the direct manufacturer, as well as being a current resource, it gives the current and detailed specifics of the product. It will be useful to include the current link in the references with the proper formatting in order to facilitate further research from Wikipedia visitors.

Source 2: Droid RAZR by Motorola. (2011, October 11). Motorola Mobility. Retrieved November 4, 2011, from http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/DROID-RAZR-BY-MOTOROLA-US-EN This source is Motorola’s official page for their all new Droid RAZR. As the first phone touting the benefits of Kevlar in mobile handsets in respect to its resilience and signal transmission, it is the flagship product for a technology sure to be used by many manufacturers in the future. The source shows an all new (less than a few months old) use of the revolutionary material.

As a current student in an all-encompassing technical writing class focused on the scholarly use of writing, as well as a long time casual researcher and fan of DuPont technologies, specifically Kevlar and related materials, after doing considerable independent research into the subject, I am requesting the ability to make educated, researched edits to the Wikipedia Kevlar article.