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Henri Dreyfus

Swiss chemist

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development of cellulose acetate

  • In cellulose acetate

    …accomplished by two Swiss brothers, Henri and Camille Dreyfus, who during World War I built a factory in England for the production of cellulose diacetate to be used as a nonflammable dope for the coating of fabric airplane wings. After the war, faced with no further demand for acetate dope,…

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  • linear form of polyethylene
    In major industrial polymers: Cellulose acetate

    …accomplished by two Swiss brothers, Henri and Camille Dreyfus, who during World War I built a factory in England for the production of cellulose diacetate to be used as a nonflammable “dope” for coating fabric airplane wings. After the war, with no further demand for acetate dope, the Dreyfus brothers…

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