Melvin Mooney

Melvin Mooney
Born	Kansas City, Missouri
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Chicago
Known for	Mooney viscometer Mooney–Rivlin solid
Awards	Charles Goodyear Medal (1962)
Scientific career
Fields	Polymer science
Institutions	United States Rubber Company

Melvin Mooney (1893–1968) was an American physicist and rheologist.

Life

Mooney was born in Kansas City, Missouri.[1] He achieved an A.B. degree from the University of Missouri in 1917 and a PhD in physics from the University of Chicago in 1923.[1] He worked for the United States Rubber Company.[1]

He developed the Mooney viscometer[2] (used to measure viscosity of rubber compounds during curing) and other testing equipment used in the rubber industry. He also proposed the Mooney-Rivlin solid constitutive law describing the hyperelastic stress–strain behavior of rubber.[3] He was the first recipient of the Bingham Medal from the Society of Rheology in 1948.[1] He received the Charles Goodyear Medal in 1962.[4] He is the namesake of the Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award of the American Chemical Society Rubber Division.[5]

References

1. J. H. Dillon (1948) J. Colloid Sci. 4 (3) 187-8 "Introduction of Melvin Mooney as E. C. Bingham Medallist"
2. Mooney, M. (1934). "A shearing disk plastometer for unvulcanized rubber". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Analytical Edition. 6 (2): 147–151. doi:10.1021/ac50088a025.
3. Mooney, M. (1940). "A theory of large elastic deformation". Journal of Applied Physics. 11 (9): 582–592. doi:10.1063/1.1712836.
4. Mooney, M. (1962). "Some neglected problems in the rheology of high polymers". Rubber Chemistry and Technology. 35 (5): 27–40. doi:10.5254/1.3539997.
5. ACS Rubber Division Science & Technology Awards Descriptions & Sponsors

External links

• A photograph of Melvin Mooney from [1]
• Audio interview with Melvin Mooney.