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A '''National Historic Chemical Landmark''' is a place, discovery or achievement which has been designated by the [[American Chemical Society]] (sometimes in conjunction with other national chemical societies) as particularly important in the history of chemistry.<ref>{{citation | title = About the Landmarks Program | url = http://acswebcontent.acs.org/landmarks/about2.html | publisher = American Chemical Society | accessdate = 2010-04-02}}.</ref>

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! Landmark
! Date
! Date<br/>designated<br/>
! ACS<br/>site<br/>
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| Bakelite
| 1907
| 1993
| [http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=924&content_id=WPCP_007586&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=2da4aa80-e7ad-4dcf-a52d-72de94787dfc]
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| Chandler Chemistry Laboratory
| 1884
| 1994
| [http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=924&content_id=WPCP_007775&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=414feb81-6e18-4a5d-9285-9ed39d43e783]
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| Pennsylvania home of Joseph Priestley
| 1798–1804
| 1994
| [http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=925&content_id=CTP_004441&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=bb017dd0-b071-414e-a93d-61d1903b6eea]
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| Atomic weight of oxygen
| 
| 1995
| 
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| Chemicals from coal
| 
| 1995
| 
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| First nylon plant
| 
| 1995
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| Riverside Laboratory
| 
| 1995
| 
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| Acrylonitrile production process
| 
| 1996
| 
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| Houdry process for gasoline production
| 
| 1996
| 
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| Kem-Tone® paint
| 
| 1996
| 
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| Williams-Miles History of Chemistry Collection
| 
| 1996
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| Aluminum production process
| 
| 1997
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| Bromine production process
| 
| 1997
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| Gilman Hall
| 
| 1997
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| Radiation chemistry commercialized
| 
| 1997
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| Calcium carbide and acetylene production process
| 
| 1998
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| Fluid bed reactor for gasoline production
| 
| 1998
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| Havemeyer Hall
| 
| 1998
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| Raman Effect
| 
| 1998
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| Synthetic rubber
| 
| 1998
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| Tagamet® development process
| 
| 1998
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| Penicillin
| 
| 1999
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| Physostigmine synthesized
| 
| 1999
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| Progesterone synthesis and Mexican steroid industry
| 
| 1999
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| Polymer science of Hermann Staudinger
| 
| 1999
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| Polypropylene and high-density polyethylene
| 
| 1999
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| Rare earth elements
| 
| 1999
| 
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| Work of Antoine Lavoisier
| 
| 1999
| 
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| Bowood House, site of Joseph Priestley's discovery of oxygen
| 1774
| 2000
| [http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=925&content_id=CTP_004441&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=bb017dd0-b071-414e-a93d-61d1903b6eea]
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| Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection
| 
| 2000
| 
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| Helium in natural gas
| 
| 2000
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| Organic free radicals
| 
| 2000
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| Polymer science
| 
| 2000
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| Protein and nucleic acid chemistry at Rockefeller University
| 
| 2000
| 
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| Transcurium elements at E. O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
| 
| 2000
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| Savannah Pulp and Paper Laboratory founded by Charles Herty
| 
| 2001
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| National Institute of Standards and Technology, (NIST)
| 
| 2001
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| The Commercialization of Aluminum
| 
| 2001
| 
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| John W. Draper and the Founding of the American Chemical Society
| 
| 2001
| 
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| Norbert Rillieux and a Revolution in Sugar Processing
| 
| 2002
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| Albert Szent-Györgyi and the Discovery of Vitamin C
| 
| 2002
| 
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| Noyes Laboratory: One Hundred Years of Chemistry
| 
| 2002
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| Alice Hamilton and the Development of Occupational Medicine
| 
| 2002
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| Quality and Stability of Frozen Foods
| 
| 2002
| 
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| The Discovery of Camptothecin and Taxol®
| 
| 2003
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| The Polymer Research Institute
| 
| 2003
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| The Development of High Performance Carbon Fibers
| 
| 2003
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| The Beckman pH Meter
| 
| 2004
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| Evolution of Durable Press and Flame Retardant Cotton
| 
| 2004
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| Carl and Gerty Cori and Carbohydrate Metabolism.
| 
| 2004
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| George Washington Carver: Chemist, Teacher, Symbol
| 
| 2005
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| Selman Waksman and Antibiotics
| 
| 2005
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| The Development of the Columbia Dry Cell
| 
| 2005
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| Neil Bartlett and Reactive Noble Gases
| 
| 2006
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| Rumford Baking Powder
| 
| 2006
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| The Development of Tide®
| 
| 2006
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| Food Dehydration Technology
| 
| 2007
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| Chemical Abstracts Service
| 
| 2007
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| Scotch transparent tape
| 
| 2007
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| Jamestown: the birth of the American Chemical Enterprise
| 
| 2007
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| The production and distribution of radioisotopes
| 
| 2008
| [http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=882&content_id=WPCP_008324&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1]
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| The development of deep-tank fermentation
| 
| 2008
| [http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=882&content_id=WPCP_010013&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1]
|-
| Acrylic emulsion technology: from plastics to paints
| 
| 2008
| [http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=882&content_id=WPCP_010800&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1]
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| The Development of the Pennsylvania Oil Industry
| 
| 2009
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| Deciphering the Genetic Code
| 
| 2009
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|}

==References==
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