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Billiard balls
If Phelan and Collarder had not organized the competition to get a natural ivory substitute, for the manufacture of billiard balls, the invention of plastic would have taken hundreds of years. -
Contest
If John Wesley Hyatt had not participated in the contest proposed by Phelan and Collander, plastic would probably have another appearance today. -
Film industry
If John Wesley Hyatt had not participated in the contest proposed by Phelan and Collander, people would not have developed the film industry then. -
Polymers of commercial interest
If the American chemist Leo Hendrik Backeland had not been interested in the polymers of commercial interest, synthetic plastic would not exist. -
Giant molecules
If the German chemist Hermann Staudinger had not discovered the plastic composition: giant molecules, people would not have produced scientific research that in chemistry. -
Resins and fibers
If someone had not created products such as resins and fibers, textile industry and commerce would not have had extensive development of optometry and other sectors. -
Teflon
If someone had not vented Teflon in 1930, would not have developed engineering plastic with high performance engineering. -
Second World War
If someone had not invented the plastic, the development of the Second World War would not have been so broad, there would be no polyester. -
Polyethylene
If the German chemist Karl Ziegler had not developed polyethylene, there would not existed one of the two most widely used plastics today. -
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
If someone had not invented the plastic, Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta would not have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their studies about polymers
