Joseph H. Simons | |
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| Born | 10 May 1897 |
| Died | 30 December 1983 (aged 86) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois University of California |
| Known for | discovering electrochemical fluorination for mass production of fluorocarbons |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organofluorine chemistry |
| Institutions | Pennsylvania State University |
Joseph H. Simons (10 May 1897 – 30 December 1983) was a U.S. chemist who became famous for discovering one of the first practical ways to mass-produce fluorocarbons in the 1930s while a professor of chemical engineering at Pennsylvania State University. In 1950, he and other employees of 3M received a patent for the procedure of electrochemical fluorination.