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Introduction

A one-day meeting to mark the 75 years of scientific and technological development since the discovery of polyethylene by Reginald Gibson and Eric Fawcett on 27 March 1933. A series of presentations on the Discovery, Developments and Challenges of polyethylene together with the unique opportunity to visit the Plastics Exhibition in the Science Museum and see the original equipment used by Gibson and Fawcett in the discovery of polyethylene

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Downloads

• 75PE_flyer.pdf
• 75PE_regform.pdf

Venue

The Dana Centre

The Dana Centre, Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London, SW7 5HD, United Kingdom

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Organised by

Polymer Physics Group of the Instutute of Physics, the Science Museum and the Society of Chemical Industries

Contact information

Mrs Sherrie Foo
Centre for Advanced Microscopy, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AF, United Kingdom
0118 378 4616
Contact us by email

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