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Raymond F. Boyer
Pages 24-27

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... Particularly noteworthy were his contributions to styrene polymers and their utilization in styrene plastics. His pioneering work correlating thermal expansion and seconc3-order transition temperature in polymers led to improved understancling of molecular motion in high polymers.
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... Boyer received the International Awardand its associated gold medal of the Society of Plastics Engineers ( 1968~; the ACS Award in the Chemistry of Plastics and Coatings sponsored by Borden Foundation, Inc. ( 1970~; and the biennial Swinburne Award of the Plastics and Rubber Institute of Great Britain (1972~.
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... Boyer started a new career as an affiliate scientist at the Michigan Foundation for Advanced Research, now the Michigan Molecular Institute (MMI) , of which he is a "founding father." In 1989 he was named the institute's first distinguished research fellow.


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