Roelof Houwink

Roelof Houwink (1897–1988) was a Dutch polymer scientist, educated at the University of Delft. He worked at Philips starting in 1925. From 1939 to 1956 he was director-general of the TNOs Rubberinstituut[1] in Delft.[2]

The Mark-Houwink equation is named jointly after Herman F. Mark and him.

  1. ^ Gerard van de Schootbrugge, Kunststoffen en Rubber Instituut (KRI), 2014 [1]
  2. ^ Gary Patterson, "Polymer Science from 1935 to 1953: Consolidating the Paradigm", Springer 2014, S. 64f