Thomas Midgley Jr.
1889-1944
American industrial chemist best known for discovering chlorofluorocarbons, which are widely used for producing plastics and cleaning electronic components. Midgley introd...
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Though trained as an engineer, Thomas Midgley, Jr. is best known as an industrial chemist. He was primarily responsible for four important advances in the field of chemistry: discovering effective ant...
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Thomas Midgley Jr
Thomas Midgley, Jr.