biography
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Houdry, Eugene Jules
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1892–1962)
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| biography:
| Chemical engineer and inventor, born in Domont, France. By 1927 he had developed a method for extracting high-quality gasoline by catalytically ‘cracking’ low-grade crude oil. In 1930 he emigrated to America to advance this Houdry process, which soon revolutionized the production of gasoline around the world. During World War 2 he developed a method for producing synthetic rubber. Holder of over 100 patents, he also founded the Oxy-Catalyst company to research into cancer. |
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