32141
Accession Number
17249
Editor
Corn, Joseph J.
Title Of Article Chaper
Plastic, material of a thousand uses
Title Of Journal Book
Imagining Tomorrow. History, Technology, and the American Future
Pages
78-96
Reference Bibliography
Bibliography: p. 93-96
Publisher
MIT Press
Publisher City
Cambridge;London
ISBN
262031159
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The history of the plastics industry is discussed, mainly in terms of economics and fashions as they affect uses of plastics in industrial and consumer goods. Many plastics are dealt with, though Bakelite is treated in the greatest depth.
Keywords
plastic; manufacture; history; celluloid; nylon; phenolic plastic; Bakelite; Catalin; urea plastic; cellulose acetate; Lumarith; vinyl plastic; vinyl ureaformaldehyde; Beetle; Plaskon; Plexiglas; Lucite; Nylon; molding; tooling
pub_id
32141