- Harry Coover
Harry Coover (born
March 6 ,1919 ) inventedcyanoacrylate glue, commonly known as Super Glue ™ or Eastman 910. [http://www.invent.org/images/images_hof/induction/docs/04induction.doc NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES 2004 CLASS OF INVENTORS,February 11 , 2004] ]Biography
Coover was born in
Newark, Delaware . He received his B.S. from Hobart College and his M.S. and Ph.D. fromCornell University . Coover invented the cyanoacrylateadhesive called "super glue" while working atEastman Kodak in 1942. He holds 460 patents and is responsible for advances in the fields of graftpolymerization ,organophosphorus chemistry, andolefin polymerization.He resides in resides in
Kingsport, Tennessee .Honors and awards
Harry Coover was inducted into the
National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2004. [ [http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/221.html National Inventors Hall of Fame - Harry Coover] ]Cyanoacrylate uses
Super Glue is found in many households, used in woodworking and appliance repair. It is also used in industrial binding and medical applications. In the
Vietnam War , the cyanoacrylates Harry Coover created were found to be useful for sealing punctures, connecting veins and arteries, and to stop the bleeding of wounds.References
External links
* [http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/coover.html MIT - Inventor of the Week Archive, September 2004]
Persondata
NAME = Coover, Harry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Inventor of Super Glue ™
DATE OF BIRTH =March 6 ,1919
PLACE OF BIRTH =Newark, Delaware , USA
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =
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