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Mit: Inventor of the Week: Roy J. Plunkett

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Read about Roy Plunkett's invention, teflon, one of the best-known and most widely used polymers that was created by accident.

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Concepts
polymerization
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polytetrafluoroethylene, slippery solids, chemistry, dupont, freon products division, jack rebok, lemelson-mit, manchester college, organic, patent no. 2,230,654, petrochemicals, plunkett, roy j. plunkett, teflon, tetrafluoroethylene polymers
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