DuPont
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DuPont is a major American chemical company historically known for pioneering materials science innovations and playing a key role in U.S. industrial and wartime production.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
chemical company
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conglomerate → multinational corporation → public company → |
| country |
United States
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| countryOfIncorporation |
United States
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| developed |
Corian
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Freon → Kevlar → Lycra → Mylar → Neoprene → Nomex → Nylon → Teflon → Tyvek → |
| formerName |
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
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| foundedBy |
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont
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| foundedIn |
1802
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| foundedInCity |
Wilmington, Delaware
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| hasBrand |
DuPont Corian
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DuPont Kevlar → DuPont Nomex → DuPont Tedlar → DuPont Tyvek → |
| hasEnvironmentalControversy |
C8 (PFOA) pollution
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PFAS contamination → ozone-depleting substances → |
| hasLegalIssue |
toxic tort litigation related to PFOA
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| hasMajorMarket |
aerospace industry
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automotive industry → construction industry → electronics industry → |
| hasSubsidiaryHistory |
Chemours spin-off
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| headquartersLocation |
Wilmington, Delaware
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| industry |
chemicals
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materials science → specialty materials → |
| knownFor |
industrial chemicals
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materials science innovations → role in U.S. industrialization → role in U.S. wartime production → synthetic polymers → |
| majorProductType |
agricultural chemicals
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electronic materials → industrial chemicals → performance materials → polymers → |
| mergedWith |
Dow Chemical Company
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| mergerCompletedIn |
2017
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| notableEmployee |
Wallace Carothers
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| playedRoleIn |
Manhattan Project
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U.S. industrial expansion in the 20th century → World War I munitions production → World War II munitions production → |
| researchFocus |
advanced materials
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agricultural biotechnology → polymer chemistry → |
| resultedIn |
DowDuPont
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| spunOff |
Corteva
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Dow Inc. → DuPont de Nemours, Inc. → |
| stockExchangeListing |
New York Stock Exchange
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| tickerSymbol |
DD
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