The Story of Synthetic Rubber
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    The pages linked below are a pre-release version of The Story of Synthetic Rubber. I wrote these pages during a stay at the Chemical Heritage Foundation which was funded by the Societe de Chemie Industrielle (American Section) Fellowship, which I recieved this year. These pages contain mostly text, and are somewhat boring from a multimedia point of view. They do, however, contain lots of good information and interesting (and often humorous) stories. So, if you want to see pretty pictures, please visit other parts of the Macrogalleria and wait a few weeks for the pictures to come online. If, however, you just want to read a little about synthetic rubber and will come back to see the pictures, surf on!

    • Sweet Beginning
    • A Slow Start for Synthetics
    • Caoutchouc Artificiel
    • Turpentine
    • Supply and Demand
      • New York Prices for Natural Rubber 1914-1943
      • Tire Cost Comparison
    • Blockade
      • Rubber Smugglers
    • A Poor Substitute
      • Making Methyl Isoprene the German Way
    • Reverend Rubber
      • Lewisite
      • Oil Resistance
    • This Isn't Antifreeze
    • Sharing With Standard
      • The Bergius Process
      • I. G. Farben
    • The Birth of Buna
    • Bright Times for Buna
    • Airliners
      • Oil Temperature and Viscosity
      • The Octane Scale
      • Batch Reactors and Continuous Processes
    • Government Rubber

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