Marlex Discovery Reactor (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. Hogan and Banks 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: 1983.0570.01
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0570.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0570
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Marlex Discovery Reactor, replica
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 88.9 cm x 25.4 cm x 12.7 cm; 35 in x 10 in x 5 in
label: Measurements
content: overall; gauge: 3 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 5/16 in; 9.525 cm x 6.985 cm x 3.33375 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; replica: 35 in x 9 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 88.9 cm x 24.765 cm x 13.97 cm