Historical files on Viton℗ʼ fluoroelastomer, 1954-2007.

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Historical files on Viton℗ʼ fluoroelastomer, 1954-2007.

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The file contains materials relating to the history of Viton fluoroelastomer assembled for its 50th anniversary in 2007. They include advertisements, trade catalogs, a copy of the original patent, and a company chronology of developments with Viton between 1954 and 1975. A copy of an article from Du Pont Magazine is contained on CD. There is also a biographical notice of Dr. Herman E. Schroeder, director of research and development of the Elastomer Chemicals Department and a copy of his address on the occasion of receiving the Charles Goodyear Medal.

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DuPont Performance Elastomers, L.L.C.

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DuPont Performance Elastomers, L.L.C. was incorporated in Delaware on January 16, 1996, as DuPont Dow Elastomers, L.L.C. It was a joint venture of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and the Dow Chemical Company, but Dow later sold its interest back to DuPont. It was in part the successor to DuPont's Elastomer Chemicals Department. Viton, the first fluoroelastomer, grew out of the research of Dr. D.R. Rexford of the Organic Chemicals Department in 1954. It proved remarkably stable w...

Schroeder, H. E.

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H. E. Schroeder was a research chemist who spent most of his career with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Herman Elbert Schroeder was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 6, 1915. He attended Brooklyn's well-known Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School and completed all of his college studies at Harvard, receiving his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1939. He joined DuPont in 1938 and rose to become Director of Research and Development (1963-1980), specializing in the fields o...

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Elastomer Chemicals Dept.

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DuPont Dow Elastomers, L.L.C.

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