Sidney M. Cadwell

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Sidney M. Cadwell
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Born5 March 1893
Died24 June 1986
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Known forAnti-oxidants and durability of rubber
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPolymer science
InstitutionsUnited States Rubber Company

Sidney Marsh Cadwell (5 March 1893 – 24 June 1986) noted as discoverer of anti-oxidants for rubber.[1] Cadwell published perhaps the first scientific study of the fatigue behavior of rubber.[2]

Cadwell served as Chairman of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society in 1935 and was named the 1956 Charles Goodyear Medalist.

  • PhD University of Chicago 1917[3]
  • World War I Captain in the Chemical Warfare Service
  • 1919 joined United States Rubber Company
  • 1966 as director of Institute of Applied Chemistry and Physics at Wayne State University, received the Midgley Award of the ACS Detroit Section[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Obit in Grosse Pointe News 1986" (PDF). Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  2. ^ Cadwell, Sidney; Merrill; Sloman; Yost (1940). "Dynamic fatigue life of rubber". Rubber Chemistry and Technology. 13 (2): 304–315. doi:10.5254/1.3539515.
  3. ^ "Charleston Gazette". Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Midgely Award 1966". Chemical & Engineering News. 44 (9): 66–69. 1966. doi:10.1021/cen-v044n009.p066.


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