History of Crystalline Polypropylene

  • J. Paul Hogan
  • Robert L. Banks
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Part of the Chemists and Chemistry book series (CACH, volume 7)

Abstract

An early problem which one encounters in telling the history of a phenomenon or material is that of finding the true beginning. An ancient and reliable document states that “there is no new thing under the sun”[1]. Regardless of what any of us may have discovered, a harbinger or precursor can usually be cited. If one holds a hand mirror before a larger mirror, one can see an ever receding “tunnel” of reflected mirrors, and so it is as we reflect upon the origin of most discoveries.

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Patent Application Ethylene Polymerization Propylene Polymerization Olefin Metathesis Phillips Petroleum 
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  • Robert L. Banks

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