Marlex Discover Reactor, Unassembled (Replica)
notes: label: Description
content: J. Paul Hogan (1919-2012) and Robert Banks (1921-1989) were chemists working for Phillips Petroleum when they invented a high-density polyethylene that would be trademarked Marlex. The two received the Perkin Award Medal for this work in 1987
label: Description
content: Ref: “Announcing Marlex,” ad in <i>New York Times</i> (May 9, 1955), p. C24.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Phillips Petroleum Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0570.02
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0570.02
label: accession number
content: 1983.0570
objectType: label: Object Name
content: replica of marlex discovery reactor, unassembled
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: smaller pipe: 698 mm x 77 mm x 77 mm; 27 1/2 in x 3 1/16 in x 3 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: larger pipe: 889 mm x 134 mm x 64 mm; 35 in x 5 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall; gauge in housing: 3 5/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 9.2075 cm x 7.3025 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; large pipe: 34 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 86.995 cm x 13.97 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; small pipe: 27 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 69.215 cm x 5.715 cm