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The Experimental Station marked its 100th anniversary in 2003. It was founded as an effort to move the DuPont Company from Gunpowder and Explosives into the new age of Chemistry . {Link without Title} The site looks overlooks the original powder mills upon which the company was founded - now Hagley Museum And Library , a nonprofit educational institution documenting the history of DuPont business and technology. As one of the first industrial research laboratories in the United States, the 150-acre campus-style Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware, serves as the primary research and development facility for DuPont. It is home to DuPont's Central Research and most other business units of DuPont are also represented on site. The Experimental Station is the birthplace of many of the innovative materials and products developed by DuPont since 1903, including: Neoprene - the world's first Synthetic Rubber ; Nylon polyamide for Fiber s and engineering polymers for machine parts, gears, electrical systems and even Automobile air intake manifolds; History of Nylon US Patent 2,130,523 'Linear polyamides suitable for spinning into strong pliable fibers', U.S. Patent 2,130,947 'Diamine dicarboxylic acid salt' issued and U.S. Patent 2,130,948 'Synthetic fibers', all issued 20 September 1938 Tyvek nonwovens for Housewrap , Envelopes , medical packaging, environmental protection and Currency ; Kevlar fiber for Body Armor and Automobile Tire reinforcement;D. Tanner, J. A. Fitzgerald, B. R. Phillips, "The Kevlar Story - an Advanced Materials Case Study," Angewandte Chemie International Edition In English 28(5), 649 - 654 (1989)E. E. Magat, "Fibres from Extended Chain Aromatic Polyamides, New Fibres and Their Composites," Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A, 294(1411) 463-472 (1980) Mylar Polyester film for Packaging Material and Balloons ;http://heritage.dupont.com/touchpoints/tp_1952/overview.shtml Corian solid surface materials for Countertop s, Flooring and art;For a more thorough description of Corian surfaces, see http://www2.dupont.com/Surfaces/en_US/products/corian/index.html Butacite Polyvinyl Butyral , the safety interlayer in Laminated Glass ;For some unique applications of DuPont’s safety glass see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6469941.stm for information about the Grand Canyon Skyway and http://www.ifoapplestore.com/stores/glass_staircase.html for a view of the glass stairway in the Apple store in New York. and Nomex fiber for Firefighting equipment and other thermal protection applications. Today nearly 2,000 scientists and researchers - including roughly 600 with , the BAX Food Safety systems and Sorona Polyester . Research and development now under way includes Nanotechnology , emerging Video Display technologies, Fuel Cells , and Biomaterials produced from Renewable Resources such as Corn . These developments could lead to foods that help prevent diseases and brittle bones, "smart" materials that can adjust performance on their own, microorganisms that produce Biodegradable products and innovative materials for personal protection. On the morning of such as Ethanol and bio- Butanol . He also viewed other Alternative Energy sources and technologies dealing with Energy Conservation . These all part of the DuPont’s sustainable growth mission. REFERENCES: EXTERNAL LINKS: Timeline of discoveries at the DuPont Experimental Station {Link without Title} Experimental Station in the history of DuPont {Link without Title} A Wikimapia overhead view of the Experimental Station. {Link without Title} Hagley Musuem is visible directly west and the Alfred I. DuPont Hospital For Children is just out of view east north east of the Experimental Station |
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