Harold Judson Osterhof (27 November 1897 – 13 May 1982) was a chemist noted for directing the development of
Natsyn, and as the inventor of
Pliofilm
Pliofilm was a plastic wrap made by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company at plants in the US state of Ohio. Invented in the early 1930s, it was made by dissolving rubber in a benzene solvent and treating it with gaseous hydrochloric acid. Pliofi ...
, a plasticized rubber hydrochloride cast film.
Osterhof obtained his MS in chemistry in 1923 from the
University of Michigan, and his PhD in 1927 on the topic of
wettability of solids by liquids. In 1929, he began his career at the
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, from which he retired as director of research in 1966.
In 1971, Osterhof received the
Charles Goodyear Medal.
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University of Michigan alumni
Polymer scientists and engineers
1897 births
1982 deaths
20th-century American inventors
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company people
20th-century American chemists
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