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Parkesine is the trademark
TradeMark

TradeMark is a tall, primarily residential, skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was completed in 2007 and has 28 floors. There are 200 hundred residential units....
 for the first man-made plastic
Plastic

Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic chemistry solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products....
. It was invented by Alexander Parkes
Alexander Parkes

Alexander Parkes was a metallurgist and inventor from Birmingham, England. He created Parkesine, the first man-made plastic.The son of a brass lock manufacturer, Parkes was apprenticed to a brass foundry at Messenger and Sons before going to work for George Elkington, who patented the electroplating process....
 in 1862. In 1866 Parkes formed the Parkesine Company to mass produce the material. The company, however, failed due to poor product quality as Parkes tried to reduce costs. Parkesine's successors were Xylonite, produced by Daniel Spill
Daniel Spill

Daniel Spill was born in Winterbourne in Gloucestershire, England. He married at the age of 18; his bride was 15.Although he trained as a doctor he joined the business of his brother George....
 (an associate of Parkes), and Celluloid
Celluloid

Celluloid is the name of a class of Chemical compound created from nitrocellulose and camphor, plus dyes and other agents. Generally regarded to be the first thermoplastic, it was first created as Parkesine in 1856 and as Xylonite in 1869 before being registered as Celluloid in 1870....
 from John Wesley Hyatt
John Wesley Hyatt

John Wesley Hyatt was an United States inventor. He is mainly known for simplifying the production of celluloid, arguably the first industrial plastic....
. Parkesine was made from cellulose
Cellulose

File:Cellulose Sessel.svgCellulose is an organic compound with the chemical formula , a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to over ten thousand ? linked D-glucose units....
 treated with nitric acid
Nitric acid

Nitric acid , also known as aqua fortis and spirit of nitre, is a highly corrosion and toxic strong acid that can cause severe burns....
 and a solvent
Solvent

A solvent is a liquid or gas that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.The most common solvent in everyday life is water....
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Parkesine is the trademark
TradeMark

TradeMark is a tall, primarily residential, skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was completed in 2007 and has 28 floors. There are 200 hundred residential units....
 for the first man-made plastic
Plastic

Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic chemistry solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products....
. It was invented by Alexander Parkes
Alexander Parkes

Alexander Parkes was a metallurgist and inventor from Birmingham, England. He created Parkesine, the first man-made plastic.The son of a brass lock manufacturer, Parkes was apprenticed to a brass foundry at Messenger and Sons before going to work for George Elkington, who patented the electroplating process....
 in 1862. In 1866 Parkes formed the Parkesine Company to mass produce the material. The company, however, failed due to poor product quality as Parkes tried to reduce costs. Parkesine's successors were Xylonite, produced by Daniel Spill
Daniel Spill

Daniel Spill was born in Winterbourne in Gloucestershire, England. He married at the age of 18; his bride was 15.Although he trained as a doctor he joined the business of his brother George....
 (an associate of Parkes), and Celluloid
Celluloid

Celluloid is the name of a class of Chemical compound created from nitrocellulose and camphor, plus dyes and other agents. Generally regarded to be the first thermoplastic, it was first created as Parkesine in 1856 and as Xylonite in 1869 before being registered as Celluloid in 1870....
 from John Wesley Hyatt
John Wesley Hyatt

John Wesley Hyatt was an United States inventor. He is mainly known for simplifying the production of celluloid, arguably the first industrial plastic....
. Parkesine was made from cellulose
Cellulose

File:Cellulose Sessel.svgCellulose is an organic compound with the chemical formula , a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to over ten thousand ? linked D-glucose units....
 treated with nitric acid
Nitric acid

Nitric acid , also known as aqua fortis and spirit of nitre, is a highly corrosion and toxic strong acid that can cause severe burns....
 and a solvent
Solvent

A solvent is a liquid or gas that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.The most common solvent in everyday life is water....
. The generic name of Parkesine is pyroxylin, or Celluloid
Celluloid

Celluloid is the name of a class of Chemical compound created from nitrocellulose and camphor, plus dyes and other agents. Generally regarded to be the first thermoplastic, it was first created as Parkesine in 1856 and as Xylonite in 1869 before being registered as Celluloid in 1870....
. Parkesine is often synthetic ivory. The Parkesine company ceased trading in 1868. Examples of Parkesine are held by the Plastics Historical Society
Plastics Historical Society

The Plastics Historical Society was formed in 1986 and aims to encourage the study of all historical aspects of plastics and other polymers, including synthetic fibres, rubber and elastomers....
 of London.

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