Roy J. Plunkett

January 10, 2024
Chemist

Quick Facts

Roy J. Plunkett
Full Name Roy J. Plunkett
Occupation Chemist
Date Of Birth Jun 26, 1910(1910-06-26)
Age 114
Date Of Death 1994-05-12
Birthplace New Carlisle
Country United States
Birth City Ohio
Horoscope Gemini

Roy J. Plunkett Biography

Name Roy J. Plunkett
Birthday Jun 26
Birth Year 1910
Place Of Birth New Carlisle
Home Town Ohio
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Gemini
Siblings Ruth Miriam Bryson, Jane Plunkett Cassell, Richard A. Plunkett, Marie Deeter

Roy J. Plunkett is one of the most popular and richest Chemist who was born on June 26, 1910 in New Carlisle, Ohio, United States. In 1938, Teflon was discovered by a chemist. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame as well as the Plastics Hall of Fame for his groundbreaking work.

His polymer was most well-known for its use on cookware surfaces to make them stickier. Its name came to be used to describe the ability of His polymer found its most famous use in coating cookware surfaces to make them non- sticky, and its name became used in describing the ability of the mobster John Gotti to avoid any charges sticking to him. , a mobster, to avoid any charges sticking.

He was born in New Carlisle Ohio.

Roy J. Plunkett Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Chemist
House Living in own house.

Roy J. Plunkett is one of the richest Chemist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Roy J. Plunkett 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a keen chemist from an early age and earned a Ph.D. at Ohio State University. After that, he joined DuPont to help develop new Freon refrigerants.

He and his colleague worked with the refrigerant gas Tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) and discovered one canister in which the gas had solidified. Its chemical properties made it suitable for a variety of uses.

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Roy Ranked on the list of most popular Chemist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Roy J. Plunkett celebrates birthday on June 26 of every year.

What did Roy J. Plunkett invent?

Polytetrafluoroethylene

How was Teflon accidentally discovered?

An Accidental Discovery Dr. Roy J. Plunkett was working with gases related to refrigerants. After checking a frozen, compressed sample of tetrafluoroethylene , he and his associates made an unexpected discovery: The sample had polymerized spontaneously into a white, waxy solid to form polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).

Who is Roy J. Plunkett?

In 1938, Roy J. Plunkett capitalized on a chemical accident and invented one of the best known and most widely used polymers of all time: Teflon®. Plunkett was born in New Carlisle, Ohio on June 26, 1910. His academic specialty was chemistry, in which he earned a bachelor’s degree from Manchester College in 1932.

Did DuPont invent Teflon?

Teflon, discovered by Roy J. Plunkett at the DuPont Company’s Jackson Laboratory in 1938, was an accidental invention —unlike most of the other polymer products.

Who discovered Teflon?

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