Mold for LOPAC Coke Bottle
date: label: date made
content: 1969
name: label: associated subject
content: Coca-Cola Company
label: maker
content: Monsanto Company
label: maker
content: Coca-Cola Company
notes: label: Description
content: LOPAC is a plastic material developed by the Monsanto Corporation, for containers for food and beverages. While Lopac bottles for soft drinks were to be had in 1970, the factory was shuttered in 1977 in the wake of concerns of the Food and Drug Administration. The term LOPAC refers to a plastic with low-oxygen-permeability properties. This half cavity mold for a LOPAC Coke bottle was fabricated in October 1969, and first filled in March 1970.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Harry DuBois
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0538.02
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0538.02
label: accession number
content: 1983.0538
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mold, Coke Bottle
label: Object Name
content: Mold for LOPAC bottle
label: Object Name
content: Mold for LOPAC Coke Bottle
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: base: 38 mm x 305 mm x 152 mm; 1 1/2 in x 12 in x 6 in
label: Measurements
content: mold: 268 mm x 128 mm x 76 mm; 10 9/16 in x 5 1/16 in x 3 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 9/16 in x 12 in x 6 in; 29.36875 cm x 30.48 cm x 15.24 cm