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 RubberinstituutGerard van de Schootbrugge, Kunststoffen en Rubber Instituut (KRI), 2014 in Delft.Gary Patterson, "Polymer Science from 1935 to 1953: Consolidating the Paradigm", Springer 2014, S. 64f
The Mark-Houwink equation is named jointly after Herman F. Mark and him.
Publications Elasticity, Plasticity and Structure of Matter, 1937, Cambridge University Press, London
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