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| Title | Corian Samples on Mount |
| Object Name | Corian Samples on Mount |
| Manufactured By | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
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| Description | Mount board with eight samples of Corian from DuPont. Corian® is the brand name for a solid surface material created by DuPont. It is composed of acrylic polymer and alumina trihydrate. Corian can be thermoformed by heating it to 300°F (150°C), allowing unique shapes to be created. Its primary use is in kitchen countertops, bathroom vanity tops, and wall cladding in showers. Corian® is manufactured by DuPont in the form of sheets and sinks. The sheets are precut into specific lengths at the factories and then shipped to a worldwide network of distributors. DuPont introduced Corian® nationwide in 1971 at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Show in Houston, Texas. Shortly thereafter, Corian® solid surfaces was introduced in four then-popular colors: Cameo White, Olive Mist, Dawn Beige and Autumn Gold. Cameo White and Dawn Beige remain among the most popular Colors of Corian® today. |
| Date Manufactured | after 1971 |
| Material | Corian |
| Number of Objects | 1 |
| Accession Number | 2003.1256 |
| Donor | Gift of National Plastics Center. Originally Gift of Armand G. Winfield, International Plastics Consultant, in memory of Barbara LaBarge Winfield. |
| Broad Subject | Material Samples
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| Subjects | Miscellaneous
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