Roelof Houwink

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Roelof Houwink (* 1897 in Meppel ; † 1988 ) was a Dutch polymer scientist .

Houwink studied botany at Delft University and received his Ph.D. in 1934. He had been with Philips since 1925 . While studying the rubber tree , his interest in rubber grew. From 1939 to 1956 he was director of the state rubber institute of the TNO in Delft . He also worked for the tire manufacturer Vredestein . From 1957 to 1962 he was director of the Reactor Centrum Nederland (RCN) in The Hague .

In retirement, he dealt with the entertaining, popular scientific presentation of scientific facts.

Together with Hermann F. Mark , the Mark-Houwink equation is named after him.

Publications

  • Elasticity, Plasticity and Structure of Matter. Cambridge University Press, London 1937.
    • German elasticity / plasticity and structure of matter , Steinkopff, Dresden, Leipzig 1957 (2nd, extended edition)
  • The foundations of the plastic and elastic compounds in macromolecular fabrics , Rubber-Stichting, Delft 1943
  • Outline of the technology of synthetic high molecular weight from a chemical and physical point of view. , Geest and Portig, Leipzig 1952
  • The odd book of data , Elsevier, 1965, translation by JMD Steen
  • Sizing up science , John Murray Publishers, London, 1975,

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Raymond B. Seymour: Pioneers in Polymer Science. Springer Science + Business Media, Dordrecht 1989, ISBN 978-9-40092-407-9 , p. 239 f.
  2. ↑ Gerard van de Schootbrugge, (Historical outline of) Kunststoffen en Rubber Instituut (KRI) , 2014 [1]
  3. ^ Gary Patterson: Polymer Science from 1935-1953. Consolidating the Paradigm. Springer 2014, p. 64f.
personal data
SURNAME Houwink, Roelof
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch polymer scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Meppel
DATE OF DEATH 1988