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What Have Plastics in Common with Metals?

  • 1944

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Color print advertisement for Dow Plastics. The advertisement features an illustration of assorted plastic industrial products, including a canteen, plastic piping, a window screen and plastic trim. The accompanying text compares metals and plastics, and illustrates the different uses of plastic in manufacturing. The text mentions the Dow products Styron (Dow polystyrene), Saran, and Ethocel (Dow ethylcellulose). This advertisement is part of a series titled "Five Minute Forum on Plastics."

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  • 10.5 in. H x 8 in. W
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 9

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Dow Chemical Company. “What Have Plastics in Common with Metals?,” 1944. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 9. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/a4ruqss.

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