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May 03, 1895 Vienna, Austria Died on 06 Apr 1992 (aged 96)
Austrian American chemist
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About Herman Francis Mark
- Herman Francis Mark (May 3, 1895, Vienna – April 6, 1992, Austin, Texas) was an Austrian-American chemist regarded for his contributions to the development of polymer science.
- Mark's x-ray diffraction work on the molecular structure of fibers provided important evidence for the macromolecular theory of polymer structure.
- Together with Houwink he formulated an equation, now called the Mark–Houwink or Mark–Houwink–Sakurada equation, describing the dependence of the intrinsic viscosity of a polymer on its relative molecular mass (molecular weight).
- He was a long-time faculty at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
- In 1946, he established the Journal of Polymer Science.
