RMT
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American chemist and engineer
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Male
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Death:
23 July 1984
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Biography
Robert McKee Thomas was a co-inventor of butyl rubber, along with William J. Sparks. Thomas held 75 patents, and directed the work of several notable polymer scientists. He worked at the Standard Oil Company, in New Jersey, starting work in 1929 after obtaining a bachelor's degree in chemistry. He retired in 1965.
In 1969, he received the Charles Goodyear Medal.