Research on muscular dystrophy

• Book ID: 103078990
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1955
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 148 KB
• Volume: 259
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/0016-0032(55)90955-8

✦ Synopsis

Feb., I955.] CURRENT TOPICS I79 tastic. Polyethylene plastic normally is white, waxlike, and easily melted. After a small dose of radiation, it will retain its strength and elasticity even at high temperatures. Further irradiation makes it stiff and glasslike. New possibilities may someday include unbreakable heat-resistant bottles or cellophane-like houses. The freedom of American industry to work out new products and possibilities brings home to Mr. and Mrs. America a host of beautiful new conveniences.