Joseph C. Patrick
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Joseph C. Patrick
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Dr. Joseph Cecil Patrick invented Thiokol, America's first synthetic rubber in the early 1920s. While seeking a formulation for automotive antifreeze, he attempted to hydrolyze ethylene dichloride with sodium polysulfide. In doing so, 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
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American inventor of synthetic rubber and founder of Thiokol corp. (1892–1965)
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