Humans have always been searching for materials to improve their quality of life here on earth. There are four basic groups of materials [1], which include metals, ceramics, composites, and polymers. Polymers have been used to solve problems in our society for the past hundred years. Polymers consist of numerous molecules chained together in various bonds to form unique materials with distinct properties. The distinct properties are a result of the types of molecules used and they way the molecules are structured and bonded. Cellophane is among these unique materials.
What is Cellophane?.
Cellophane is a thin transparent film made from natural cellulose commonly found in wood, cotton, and some vegetable byproducts. Cellophane has a variety of applications such as; wrapping leftover food, tape, cigar wrappers, and dialysis tubing. .
History of Cellophane.
One evening in 1900 a man named Jacques E. Brandenberger was at dinner, when the person sitting next to him spilled their wine and ruined the table cloth. As a educated Swiss chemist and an inventor this event sparked the idea in his head to invent a film that was flexible, water resistant, and could be used as a protective cover to place over an embroidered expensive table cloth. His knowledge of chemistry and science allowed him to accomplish a series of experimental tasks aimed at evaluating the effects of combining various types of materials to achieve a product with the desired characteristics. The approach he used was more similar to what we now refer to as an "Edisonian approach" as opposed to the traditional scientific method based on a hypothesis statement, experimentation, observation, and conclusion. By the end of 1900 Brandenburger arrived at a product he named cellophane which is a word derived from the french words diaphane and cellulose. .
In 1908, Brandenberger constructed a machine to mass produce regenerated cellulose sheets.
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