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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1910-06-26 ) June 26, 1910, New Carlisle, Ohio , United States
- Died
- May 12, 1994 (1994-05-12) (aged 83), Corpus Christi, Texas , United States
- Alma mater
- Manchester University (Indiana) , Ohio State University
- Known for
- Teflon
- Fields
- Organic chemistry
- Institutions
- DuPont
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Encyclopedic overview
Roy Joseph Plunkett (June 26, 1910 – May 12, 1994) was an American chemist. He discovered polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), better known as Teflon, in 1938.
Personal life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roy J. Plunkett” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.