Sylvia Stoesser, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sylvia Stoesser

American chemist

Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1901

Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, United States

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1991

Profession: chemist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Sylvia Marie Stoesser (née Goergen, July 18, 1901 – March 17, 1991), was an American chemist.
She was the first woman to be employed as a chemist at Dow Chemical Company.
During her time at Dow, she made a number of major contributions, holding more than two dozen patents as a result of her research. Stoesser developed a dry cleaning fluid that used perchloroethylene and was safer than the naphtha-based solvents then in use.
She was the first to explore the use of organic acid inhibitors to stimulate production in oil wells.
Organic inhibitors were much more effective than inorganics, and became the basis for a profitable subsidiary, Dowell Incorporated.
Stoesser improved the quality of ethylene, ethylbenzene, and styrene to create stable polymers including polystyrene and styrofoam.
Her work on styrene led to major improvements in early plastics production and to the creation of synthetic substitutes for rubber during World War II.
In 1952, she co-edited the first comprehensive work on Styrene, Its Polymers, Copolymers, and Derivatives.