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Oliver M. Hayden papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Accession: 2007
Abstract:
Oliver M. Hayden (1893-1991) was a chemist who specialized in rubber and worked for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company as manager of the laboratory where he was part of the team that developed Neoprene. His papers document his work on the Neoprene project, the activities of the Rubber Chemicals Division, and a draft of an oral history interview.
Dates:
1936-1989
Roy J. Plunkett laboratory notebook
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Accession: 1991
Abstract:
Roy J. Plunkett (1910-1994) was the discoverer of Teflon, while working as a chemist at the DuPont Company. Plunkett's laboratory notebook documents the discovery of Teflon at DuPont's Jackson Laboratory in 1938. The notebook documents the experiments that led to the effective control of the rapid and explosive polymerization of tetrafluoroethylene gas into a solid polymer.
Dates:
1937-1940