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Dr. Joseph Cecil Patrick invented America's first synthetic rubber in the early 1920's. Upon attempting to hydrolyze ethlene dichloride with sodium polysulfide, he produced a brown, insoluble gum that later became known as Thiokol. He solved commercial production problems by inventing the suspension polymerization process, and solved compounding problems by degrading high molecular weight polymer to a low molecular weight liquid polymer. This material is one of the principal binders for rocket propellant.[1]
References
- ^ Seymour, Raymond B. (1989). "J.C. Patrick Father of American Synthetic Elastomers". Pioneers in Polymer Science. Springer. p. 111-118. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-2407-9_9. ISBN 978-94-009-2407-9.
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