Neoprene

Japanese: Neoprene
Neoprene

…In 1931, DuPont first began manufacturing and selling it. It was originally called Duprene, but in 1936 it was renamed Neoprene, a name that remains to this day. Currently, it is manufactured by companies other than DuPont, but due to its long history and name recognition, neoprene is often used as a synonym for chloroprene rubber. …

From [Newland]

…He studied biology and chemistry at the Catholic University of America and became a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Notre Dame in 1918. His main achievements were in acetylene chemistry, and he succeeded in producing monovinylacetylene and divinylacetylene from acetylene in the presence of a copper chloride catalyst, which later became the technical basis for the development of the synthetic rubber Duprene (later renamed Neoprene, chemically a polymer of chloroprene) at DuPont.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Neoprene" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…1931年にデュポン社が初めて製造,販売を開始した。当初,デュプレンDupreneという名称であったが,36年にネオプレンNeopreneと改名され今日にいたっている。現在ではデュポン社以外でも製造されるようになったが,その歴史の長さと知名度からネオプレンはクロロプレンゴムの代名詞のように用いられることも多い。…

【ニューランド】より

…同時にアメリカ・カトリック大学で生物学と化学を学び,18年からノートル・ダム大学有機化学教授となる。主要な業績はアセチレン化学に関するもので,塩化銅系触媒の存在下でアセチレンからモノビニルアセチレンとジビニルアセチレンの生成に成功,後にデュポン社における合成ゴム〈デュプレンDuprene〉(後にネオプレンNeopreneと改称。化学的にはクロロプレンの重合体)開発の技術的基礎となった。…

※「Neoprene」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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