Manufacturing of Synthetic Rubbers-Neoprene, 'Nordel', 'Viton'
An operator draws a sample of neoprene latex from a 400 gallon polymerization kettle. Sample is used for production control tests. A part of the plant's production is shipped from DuPont's Louisville Works in this form; the reminder is processed...
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Dr. Wallace H. Carothers, shown here with neoprene, first commercially successful synthetic rubber, came to the DuPont Company the year after it launched its program of fundamental research in 1927. Dr. Carothers, who directed the work in organic...
