AWhat changed
Polymer substances became interpretable as genuine giant molecules with chain structure.
Scientific scope
The 1920 proposal; not immediate consensus, later experimental confirmation or polymer technology.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the 1920 proposal and does not claim immediate consensus or absorb later experimental confirmation and polymer engineering.
Contributors
- Hermann Staudinger · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Staudinger, Uber Polymerisation (1920)
- Royal Society of Chemistry: Staudinger and a century of macromolecular science
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