Polystyrenes

Zone des éléments

Référentiel

Code

D011137

Note(s) sur la portée et contenu

  • Polymerized forms of styrene used as a biocompatible material, especially in dentistry. They are thermoplastic and are used as insulators, for injection molding and casting, as sheets, plates, rods, rigid forms and beads.

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    Polystyrenes

    Terme générique Plastics

    Polystyrenes

    Termes équivalents

    Polystyrenes

    • Employé pour Polystyrol

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    Polystyrenes

      1 Description archivistique résultats pour Polystyrenes

      US AA155.INT171 · Dossier · 6/27/2017
      Fait partie de St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center Alumni Association oral history collection

      Dr. Sami Hashim discusses his education and career development, his research on lipid metabolism and its derivatives, the ketogenic diet, the development of MCT (Medium Chain Triglycerides) which today has in many nutritional and medicinal applications and his collaboration with Dr. Theodore VanItallie which produced cholestyramine, the first cholesterol lowering medication. Dr. Hashim remarks on his family life and children, his hobbies, and his acquaintances with the Royal family in Kuwait and meeting the former President of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, Nobel Laureate Linus Pawling, IRA member Bobby Sands, and Arctic Explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson.

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