The E. I du Pont de Nemours & Company minute books document an important era in the history of the company from just before the turn of the twentieth century through the 1930s. The DuPont Company in this time went through many changes in structure...
A physicist in DuPont's Central Research Department measures the magnetic properties of new class of antimonides discovered in a fundamental research program- chromium manganese antimonides, a new material with unique on and off magnetic...
A DuPont chemist uses electrochemical measurements to determine the course of an organic chemical reaction. Studies like this are part of a continuing program of fundamental research aimed at finding better polymers which may be used to make...
Fundamental research project in properties of pigments conducted by this physical chemist at the DuPont Company's Experimental Station using a linear accelerator. In the experiment, a high vacuum line is used with a volatile compound in contact...
This is a knock testing engine being used by DuPont for fundamental combustion research. Since its beginning in 1927, DuPont's fundamental research program has proved helpful in laying the foundation for applied research along many lines. In this...
At the Experimental Station, DuPont carries out fundamental research as a vital part of its scientific activities. This type of research is conducted to uncover new knowledge without regard to specific commercial objectives. Here in a fundamental...
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Nylon 66 polymer, the type which was later commercialized, was first synthesized in February, 1935. In one year, more than 50 other nylon polymers were made with a simple glass apparatus like that pictured here. This phase of the work was one step...
At the DuPont Company's Experimental Station near Wilmington, Delaware a Film Department chemist exposes a new experimental film to extreme conditions of temperature and ultraviolet radiation. The study is part of the company's fundamental research...
Control room for Delrin acetal resin at DuPont's Parkersburg, West Virginia plant has scores of dials and gauges on huge panel board. The instruments tell the operator what is going on inside the tanks and toweres elsewhere in the plant. These...
Dr. Wallace H. Carothers, shown here with neoprene, first commercially successful synthetic rubber, came to the DuPont Company the year after it launched its program of fundamental research in 1927. Dr. Carothers, who directed the work in organic...
Better goods satisfy customers and build markets. Quality tests during the development of a new pigment are charted above in a laboratory of the DuPont Company. DuPont carries on extensive research, both applied and fundamental.
Mass pigmentation of textile fibers at DuPont's New Pigments Sales Service Laboratory. Here single end spinning machine is used for making viscose rayon pigmented with a new fade resistant 'Monastral' red. In this technique, color is put into the...
Better goods satisfy customers and build markets. Quality tests during the development of a new pigment are charted above in a laboratory of the DuPont Company. DuPont carries on extensive research, both applied and fundamental.
A new understanding of how metals wear under friction and how to reduce this problem, may come from fundamental research being carried out at DuPont's Experimental Station, one of the largest centers of research in the world. It spreads over 95...
A metallic material with unique on and off magnetic characteristics has been discovered by DuPont scientists doing fundamental research on magnetic substances. Above a specific temperature the compound chromium manganese antimonides, is strongly...
The unique magnetic properties of a new compound are demonstrated in this simple experiment. The compound was discovered by DuPont scientists in a fundamental research project on magnetism. A burner flame, at the left, raises the temperature of the...
At the new DuPont Metals Center in Baltimore this 2,000 ton high speed forge press and argon muffle furnace provide for rapid forging of refractory metals. Billets can be heated to 2500 degrees Fahrenheit and contamination is minimized by the in...
At the new DuPont Metals Center in Baltimore this 2,000 ton high speed forge press and argon muffle furnace provide for rapid forging of refractory metals. Billets can be heated to 2500 degrees Fahrenheit and contamination is minimized by the in...
