Melvin Mooney
Melvin Mooney | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Known for | Mooney viscometer Mooney–Rivlin solid |
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| Fields | Polymer science |
| Institutions | United States Rubber Company |
Melvin Mooney (1893–1968) was an American physicist and rheologist.
Life[]
Mooney was born in Kansas City, Missouri.[1] He achieved an A.B. degree from the University of Missouri in 1917 and a PhD in physics from the University of Chicago in 1923.[1] He worked for the United States Rubber Company.[1]
He developed the Mooney viscometer (used to measure viscosity of rubber compounds during curing) and other testing equipment used in the rubber industry. He also proposed the Mooney-Rivlin solid constitutive law describing the hyperelastic stress–strain behavior of rubber. He was the first recipient of the Bingham Medal from the Society of Rheology in 1948.[1] He received the Charles Goodyear Medal in 1962. He is the namesake of the Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award of the American Chemical Society Rubber Division.[2]
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External links[]
- A photograph of Melvin Mooney from [1]
- Audio interview with Melvin Mooney.
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