Name: 【TED-Ed】How super glue was invented | Moments of Vision 8 - Jessica Oreck
Uploaded: 2017-02-06T17:49:57.000Z
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It's the 1940s, the height  of World War II, Rochester, New York.

A chemist by the name of Harry Coover is conducting research for Eastman Kodak.

He and his team are looking  for a clear plastic

to produce precision gunsights  for the military.

They begin working with a family of chemicals called cyanoacrylates,

that the chemicals stick  to everything permanently.

After the war, Coover is working at Kodak's chemical plant in Tennessee.

This time, he and his team are researching

heat-resistant polymers for jet airplane canopies.

They try cyanoacrylates, but find, to their great frustration,

realizes that the quality that makes these chemicals so infuriating to work with

He takes out a patent  and begins marketing a super glue.

field medics find that using super glue on an open wound

Today, medical grade super glue is still used in surgery,

but it's also a nearly indispensable household item.

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【TED-Ed】How super glue was invented | Moments of Vision 8 - Jessica Oreck

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