Eduard Simon

Johann Eduard Simon (1789–1856)[1] was an apothecary in Berlin, Germany.

Eduard accidentally discovered polystyrene in 1839. Simon distilled an oily substance from storax, the resin of the Sweetgum tree, Liquidambar orientalis, which he named "styrol". Several days later he found that the styrol had thickened, presumably due to polymerisation, into a jelly which he dubbed styrol oxide ("Stryroloxyd").[2]

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  1. ↑ Joachim Schreiber (19 August 2013). Plastisch, Elastisch, und Fantastisch: Ohne Kunststoffe Geht es Nicht. John Wiley & Sons. p. 95. ISBN 978-3-527-66530-3.
  2. ↑ John Scheirs; Duane Priddy (28 March 2003). Modern Styrenic Polymers: Polystyrenes and Styrenic Copolymers. John Wiley & Sons. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-471-49752-3.