Acetylene and Its Polymers 150+ Years of History /

• Main Author: Rasmussen, Seth C. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in History of Chemistry,
• Subjects: Chemistry-History.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Polymers .; Organic chemistry.; Engineering-Materials.; History of Chemistry.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Polymer Sciences.; Organic Chemistry.; Materials Engineering.

This Brief presents for the first time a detailed historical overview of the development of acetylene polymers, beginning with the initial discovery of acetylene in 1836 and continuing up through the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The polymerization of acetylene is most commonly associated with poly...