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3M scientis honoured for perfluorocarbons |
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Feb 04, 2005 at 06:00 PM |
Dr. Richard Flynn, corporate scientist with 3M Industrial Business
Laboratory, received the 2004 Tekne Leadership Award in the established
company category, which honours an outstanding individual who, beyond a
specific innovation or achievement, has contributed significantly to
Minnesota's technology expansion.
Flynn is the inventor or co-inventor of many of 3M's key engineered
fluids patents of the last 10 years, including hydrofluoroethers,
which, as replacements for chlorofluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons in
solvent and heat transfer applications in a range of industries, are a
major advancement in materials to reduce ozone depletion and global
warming. He also was a contributor in the development of the
perfluoroketone family used as a new clean extinguishing agent for
firefighting, commercialized as 3M "Novec 1230" Fire Protection Fluid.
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