The invention of the common synthetic plastic material known as Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) was optimized by whom?
A. Roy Plunkett
B. Waldo Semon
C. Leo Baekeland
D. Wallace Carothers
Answer: Option B
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Waldo Semon added specialized plasticizing agents to brittle PVC material in the 1920s, transforming it into a flexible, highly useful industrial plastic.
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George Gey isolated and successfully cultivated cervical cancer tissue cells from Henrietta Lacks without them dying out in laboratory vessels.
Explanation:
Booth invented the large motorized vacuum pump rig in 1901, and Spangler patented the portable fan-and-bag layout which Hoover later commercialized.
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