• Roy Joseph Plunkett (June 26, 1910 – May 12, 1994) was an American chemist. He discovered polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), better known as Teflon, in 1938...
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    Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) was accidentally discovered in 1938 by Roy J. Plunkett while he was working in Chemours Chambers Works plant in New Jersey...
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  • 1938 Polytetrafluoroethylene (commonly known as teflon), discovered by Roy Plunkett at DuPont. 1941 Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is discovered at the...
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    invented nylon. In 1938, Otto Bayer invented polyurethane. In 1941, Roy Plunkett invented Teflon. In 1946, he invented Polyester. Polyethylene terephthalate...
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    (polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE). PTFE was invented serendipitously by Roy Plunkett in 1938, while working for a joint venture of the DuPont company. The...
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    polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a fluoropolymer discovered in 1938 by Roy Plunkett, a chemist with DuPont. His son, Robert W. Gore, in college at the time...
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  • – roller skates Ivan Plotnikov (1902–1995), Russia – kirza leather Roy Plunkett (1910–1994), U.S. – Teflon Petrache Poenaru (1799–1875), Romania – fountain...
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  • making poly-tetrafluoroethylene, better known as Teflon discovered by Roy Plunkett 1939 – Dislocations in metals confirmed by Robert W. Cahn 1947 – First...
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  • Plunkett (1788–1832), Beadle or night-constable of Whitechapel, London Robert Plunkett (d. 1815), President of Georgetown University Roy J. Plunkett (1910–1994)...
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    Midgley Jr. and Charles F. Kettering, 1928) and the discovery of Teflon (Roy J. Plunkett, 1938), the field of organofluorine chemistry had not attracted a great...
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    keystone product and its form a symbol for a product type. 1938 — Scientist Roy Plunkett accidentally invented the world's slipperiest substance. DuPont kept...
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    solvents, acids, and bases. Fluoropolymers were discovered in 1938 by Dr. Roy Plunkett when he accidentally polymerized tetrafluoroethylene to form polytetrafluoroethylene...
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  • Retrieved 21 June 2015. Plunkett, John (16 June 2015). "Channel 4 drops British Comedy Awards". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 June 2015. Plunkett, John (16 May 2015)...
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  • 1929) Julie Palais, Antarctic researcher, glaciologist (M.S., Ph.D.) Roy Plunkett, inventor of teflon (Ph.D. 1936) Douglas Prasher, discoverer of green...
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  • Retrieved January 4, 2020. "National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee Roy Plunkett Invented Teflon". www.invent.org. June 5, 2024. Archived from the original...
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    2010-07-05. "Roy J. Plunkett". Science History Institute. June 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018. Center for Oral History. "Roy J. Plunkett". Science History...
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    a catch off of Liam Plunkett's bowling. After scoring 13 against New Zealand, and 4 against Australia in his next two innings, Roy was dropped by England...
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  • Teflon. It had been accidentally invented in 1938 by DuPont chemist Roy Plunkett, as a by-product of chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant research. After further...
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  • 34 in the new Science and Innovation organization. On April 6, 1938, Roy Plunkett at DuPont's Jackson Laboratory in New Jersey was working with gases related...
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  • astronaut Cromwell Dixon, inventor and aviator Charles Kettering, inventor Roy Plunkett, inventor Ted Williams, former homeless man, radio personality The University...
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  • Lee Roy Selmon (October 20, 1954 – September 4, 2011) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers...
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    then Plunkett) Seth Bongartz State legislators Brian Campion, state senator for this district Dick Sears, state senator for this district Rob Plunkett (write-in)...
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  • commit the criminal acts. The article references the 1997 work of Southall, Plunkett, Banks, Falkov, and Samuels, in which covert video recorders were used...
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  • September 29 for the murder of his wife Malinda Plunkett Agnes and the attempted murder of his brother Roy Finley. Arridy was initially reluctant to give...
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    Stowe (1999), 15. Plunkett-Powell (1993), 44. Plunkett-Powell (1993), 43–44. Stowe (1999), 26. Stowe (1999), 28. Stowe (1999), 32. Plunkett-Powell (1993)...
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  • draft to select quarterback Jim Plunkett. It was the first draft where the first three selections were quarterbacks (Plunkett, Archie Manning, and Dan Pastorini)...
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    Zealand to a total of 241/8 from their 50 overs. Chris Woakes and Liam Plunkett took three wickets each for the hosts. Defending a middling score, the...
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    game, Dolphins safety Dick Anderson intercepted Patriots quarterback Jim Plunkett at New England's 26-yard line. Anderson returned the ball to the New England...
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  • the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2020. Specific Plunkett, John (12 February 2013). "Call the Midwife commissioned for third series...
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  • Desert Island Discs comes to iPlayer". BBC. Retrieved 27 September 2009. Plunkett, John (28 September 2009). "BBC launches Radio 4's Desert Island Discs...
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