Roy J. Plunkett

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Roy J. Plunkett (June 26, 1910 – May 12, 1994) was an American chemist.

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), i.e.

Teflon was born in 1938.

Personal life and education

Plunkett was born in New Carlisle, Ohio, and attended Newton High School in Pleasant Hill, Ohio.

He received a B.A. from Manchester University. In 1932, the first experiments in chemistry were published. He earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from Ohio State University in 1936 for his research into Carbohydrate Oxidation.

Dorothy Enola Detrick, b. 1892, married him. D 1984, 1907 d 1984 in Franklin, Ohio, at the age of 16. Lois Mary Koch, b. next, he married Lois Mary Koch, b. In Arlington, Virginia, 1925, d. 1996.

Plunkett died of cancer on May 12, 1994 at his Texas home at the age of 83.

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Career

He was recruited as a research chemist by E.I. in 1936. Du Pont de Nemours and Company's Jackson Laboratory in Deepwater, New Jersey, is located.

Plunkett discovered polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a form of chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant, in 1938, a precursor to Teflon. At the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society national meeting in the History of Chemistry section, Plunkett related the tale of his accidental discovery. The symposium Proceedings, vol. 86, pp.

The tetrafluoroethylene in the container had polymerized into polytetrafluoroethylene, a waxy solid with features such as resistance to corrosion, low surface friction, and high heat resistance.

Plunkett, the chief chemist involved in the manufacture of tetraethyllead, an antiknock agent that made gasoline "leaded," was later banned due to safety issues involving lead. He oversaw the manufacture of Freon, DuPont's brand name for chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant, prior to retiring in 1975.

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