Below are the partners and their assigned compounds for the presentations of Thursday, June 27.
Elements |
Landmark |
Sc, Si |
Foundations of Polymer Science: Wallace Carothers and the Development of Nylon |
O, S |
Joseph Priestley: Discoverer of Oxygen (Priestley House) |
Ne, P |
Hall Process: Production and Commercialization of Aluminum |
N, Na |
Houdry Process for Catalytic Cracking |
Li, Mg |
Tide Synthetic Detergent |
He, K |
Discovery of Fullerenes |
F, Cl |
Willard Libby and Radiocarbon Dating |
C, Ca |
Development of Baking Powder |
Be, Ar |
High Performance Carbon Fibers |
B, Al |
Discovery of Transuranium Elements at Berkeley Lab |