Word: urea
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fact that Greenewalt married the boss's daughter did not hurt him at Du Pont, but he still had to make his own way. He became an expert in high-pressure synthesis, a new field which opened the door to all kinds of chemical processes, (e.g., urea, long-chain alcohols), won 18 patents, most of them used by Du Pont. It was Greenewalt's work on nylon-the biggest treasure yet turned up in Du Pont test tubes-which put him far up on the skimmer chart. Du Pont's brilliant scientist, Dr. Wallace Carothers, first materialized...