Ira Williams

Ira Williams (1894–1977[1]) was a DuPont chemist at DuPont’s Jackson Laboratory in New Jersey, who in 1930 made commercial Neoprene possible by producing a soft, plastic form of chloroprene that could be processed by the rubber industry.[2]

He won the 1946 Charles Goodyear Medal.

References

  1. ↑ Patterson, Gary (2014). Polymer Science from 1935-1953: Consolidating the Paradigm. Springer. p. 28. ISBN 9783662435366.
  2. ↑ Hounshell, David A.; Smith, John Kenly (1988). Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R and D, 1902-1980. Cambridge University Press. p. 251. ISBN 9780521327671.


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