Sidney M. Cadwell

Sidney Marsh Cadwell (5 March 1893 – 24 June 1986) noted as discoverer of anti-oxidants for rubber.[1] Cadwell published perhaps the first scientific study of the fatigue behavior of rubber.[2]

Sidney M. Cadwell
Born5 March 1893
Died24 June 1986
NationalityUSA
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Known forAnti-oxidants and durability of rubber
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPolymer science
InstitutionsUnited States Rubber Company

Cadwell served as Chairman of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society in 1935 and was named the 1956 Charles Goodyear Medalist.

  • PhD University of Chicago 1917[3]
  • World War I Captain in the Chemical Warfare Service
  • 1919 joined United States Rubber Company
  • 1966 as director of Institute of Applied Chemistry and Physics at Wayne State University, received the Midgley Award of the ACS Detroit Section[4]

References

  1. "Obit in Grosse Pointe News 1986" (PDF). Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  2. Cadwell, Sidney; Merrill; Sloman; Yost (1940). "Dynamic fatigue life of rubber". Rubber Chemistry and Technology. 13 (2): 304–315. doi:10.5254/1.3539515.
  3. "Charleston Gazette". Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  4. "Midgely Award 1966". Chemical & Engineering News. 44 (9): 66–69. 1966. doi:10.1021/cen-v044n009.p066.


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