Word: vinyl
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...jumps ahead of its competitors, Victor fondly believed that its vinyl resin plastics were the biggest thing in records since Soprano Emma Albani first cut Angels Ever Bright and Fair in 1903. But Victor is going slow. Till Eulenspiegel will be released Oct. 15, and it will be followed by only as many plastic albums as the public demands...
...tire material is an elastic vinyl plastic called Plioflex, which Good year had already found good for many other uses, including a garden hose which is much lighter than rubber-and-fabric, shoe uppers that need no polishing and can be cleaned with a damp cloth, heels, raincoats, draperies, etc. The key to its tire-making properties is a new curing agent that makes it possible to vulcanize Plioflex...
...anesthetic, three to five times as powerful as ether, has been developed by Dr. John Christian Krantz, professor of pharmacology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. It is called pro-pethylene (chemical name: isopropenyl vinyl ether). Last fortnight Dr. Krantz told the New Jersey section of the American Chemical Society that propethylene is superior to ether, the anesthetists' standby...
...material, which has no chemical resemblance to rubber, is a vinyl chloride plastic with unusual elastic properties. It contains a plasticizer (unidentified) that enables it to keep its elasticity up to a relatively high temperature (250°F. and it is impervious to sun, water, acids and alkalis. Unlike other plastics, it can be processed on standard rubber-working machinery; unlike rubbers, it does not need to be vulcanized. It is also much easier to make than synthetic rubber; its basic ingredients are coal, air, salt and water...
...outdone, Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. announced that its "elastic Vinylite" (vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate resins) was being made into chemically inert beer pipes, men's shoes, babies' diapers, bedroom slippers, shower curtains, aprons, waterproof sheeting, women's hats, chair covers, card-table covers, insulation...