Ray McIntire

science · 02 February 1996 · 28 years ago

death Died 2 Feb 1996 at age 77 (born 24 Aug 1918).
U.S. chemical engineer who inadvertently created what became known as Styrofoam while working for the Dow Chemical Co., where he was attempting to develop a rubberlike polymer to be used as a flexible insulator.

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