Norman Bekkedahl
Norman Bekkedahl (1903–1986) was Deputy Chief of the Polymers Division at the Institute for Materials Research of the National Bureau of Standards.[1] Bekkedahl received the 1967 Charles Goodyear Medal for his work with the application of thermodynamics to natural rubber, in particular the application of dilatometry[2] to studying glass transition[3] and crystallization[4] of rubber.[5][6] In 1995, he was inducted into the International Rubber Science Hall of Fame.
Bekkedahl made one of the first investigations of the glass transition of rubber and wrote more than 40 technical articles on rubber. He studied chemical engineering at the University of Minnesota. He continued his studies at George Washington University and received his Ph.D. from the American University in Washington, DC. He worked at the American Sugar Beet Company, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the National Bureau of Standards (Polymers Division).
References
[edit]- ^ "Norman Bekkedahl". NIST Digital Archives. NIST. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ Bekkedahl, N. (1949). "Volume dilatometry" (PDF). Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards. 43 (2): 145–156. doi:10.6028/jres.043.017. PMID 18139356. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ Bekkedahl, N. (1934). "Forms of rubber as indicated by temperature-volume relationship" (PDF). Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards. 13 (3): 411–431. doi:10.6028/jres.013.029. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ Wood, L. A.; Bekkedahl, N. (1946). "Crystallization of unvulcanized rubber at different temperatures". Journal of Applied Physics. 17 (5): 362–375. Bibcode:1946JAP....17..362W. doi:10.1063/1.1707725. S2CID 121440957.
- ^ "Goodyear Medalist". Chemical & Engineering News Archive. 45 (7): 80–85. February 13, 1967. doi:10.1021/cen-v045n007.p080. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Interview with Dr. Norman Bekkedahl".
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