Overview

Like so many miracles of science, the profession of chemical engineering emerged, in essence, from DuPont laboratories. Chemical engineers study processes like distillation, heat transfer and fluid flow common to most chemical reactions, and design the structures in which these reactions occur. The DuPont chemical engineering research group developed the chloride process for making titanium dioxide pigment and the production processes for neoprene, nylon, Dacron® and Orlon® , and systems for plastics recycling. The group’s expertise also was instrumental in the design and construction of the first nuclear reactors.

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