Monsanto House

One of the first all plastic house was the Monsanto House of the Future erected in Disneyland, CA, USA in 1957 (Fig. 4-6). The key structural components were four... 

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Figure 2.1 Monsanto House (1957-1967) at Disneyland, then at MIT, USA all plastic ...

Figure 4.37 Monsanto house in Disneyland, California designed by MIT (Courtesy of Monsanto)...

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Industry, seeing a need for training those employed by them in the art and science of polymer chemistry, began to experiment. Certain groups with common research interests and needs joined together to form societies which in turn offered short courses typically in areas of very specialized applications. Societies active in these ventures include SPE, PRI, ACS, APS and SPI. Several companies such as Hercules, Monsanto, and DuPont sponsored or permitted informal courses in polymer related topics to be presented during company time and/or using company facilities. The "teachers" or discussion leaders could be either one of the participants or an invited academic or industrial "expert". These "in-house" courses have increased in popularity and today are part of many companies schedules of activity. 

Shell,Olin,Paulsboro, BP Oil 87.8-87.2 Essex, Mobil Oil, Exxon, Hercules 86.9-86.3 Air Products, DuPont 85.6 - 84.9 Westing house, Union Carbide, Airco Gas -79.6 BPOil, FMC, Monsanto... 

In the United States the petrochemical industry set its house in order along purely capitalistic lines. Each company involved acted alone for fear of infringing antitrust legislation and the main concern was to restore profitability. Unlike Du Pont, which acquired Conoco, other chemical companies tried to get rid of their petrochemicals. Hercules sold its DMT units to Petrofina, and subsequently its 40 percent stake in Himont to Montedison, while Monsanto was shedding its Texas City petrochemical site. 

Monsanto employs organic chemists as researchers both in its St. Louis headquarters and its Chesterfield site, which houses G. D. Searle, its subsidiary. 

SMA/ABS Cadon/Monsanto Improved ductility, and impact and heat resistance Automotive interior trim, instrument panel, appliance and equipment housings... 

Monsanto Chemical Co. produce injection molded Nylon/ABS alloys (Triax) that are characterized by good toughness, high chemical resistance, and easy moldability. Applications of these alloys include industrial power tools, lawn and garden equipment housing and handles, gears, pump impellers, and car fascia. 

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), are a family of toxic, oily, non-flammable chemicals. They are man-made products and were first commercialised in 1929 (by Monsanto). They were mainly used in electrical equipment (e.g., transformers and capacitors), as heat transfer and hydraulic fluids, and as plasticisers from World War I until recently, mainly due to their exceptional thermal and chemical stabilities. Although their production in the USA was stopped in 1977 (they were banned worldwide), some production still continues, and it is believed that large quantities of PCB may still be present in some old transformer and capacitor systems. PCB are certainly still present in the USA in some electrical equipment and are frequently found at toxic waste sites and in contaminated sediments worldwide. The sealants based on polysulfhide polymers that were used in buildings some 20-40 years ago contained PCB, which has been shown still to exist at alarming levels in some houses in Sweden, [24]. 

Figure 6.5 Schematic of Monsanto s cantilever type structure of House of the future...

Upjohn, Pfizer, and Monsanto are examples of companies that have decided to continue to support their in-house developed chemical structure database management systems. 

Figure 6.3 Monsanto adiponitrile synthesis cell house at Decatur, Alabama, The cell stacks are placed in a filter press arrangement. Photograph supplied by Monsanto Corp.

The history of the Monsanto adiponitrile process demonstrates well the development of a synthetic process[1,23-25]. The first electrolytic process for the hydrodimerization of acrylonitrile was introduced on a 14,000 tons/year scale in 1965. The late 1970 s saw a large expansion of this process both in the UK and USA and it now produces some 200,000 tons adiponitrile/year. At least the recent cell houses are based on quite different technology to that used in the first plant and this has allowed large reductions in both capital investment and energy consumption. 

Monsanto s house of the future (Fig. 4.37) located in Disney Land, FL was built during 1957 of practically all glass fiber-TS polyester RP other plastics also used and reinforced concrete (foundation). MIT professors designed it. View (a) shows the four U-shaped monocoque structural cantilever beams each 16 ft from the square center foundation. View (b) shows load bearing requirements of the cantilever beams. View (c) is a sectional view of the house. 

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