The National Historic Chemical Landmarks program was launched by the American Chemical Society in 1992 to recognize significant achievements in the history of chemistry and related professions.[1] The program celebrates the centrality of chemistry. The designation of such generative achievements in the history of chemistry demonstrates how chemists have benefited society by fulfilling the ACS vision: Improving people's lives through the transforming power of chemistry.
The program occasionally designates International Historic Chemical Landmarks to commemorate "chemists and chemistry from around the world that have had a major impact in the United States".[2]
DayGlo fluorescentpigments, developed by Bob Switzer and Joe Switzer of Switzer Brothers, Inc., (now Day-Glo Color Corp.) between the 1930s and 1950s[70]
The R. B. Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, constructed between 1928 and 1955 to house the university's Department of Chemistry[73]
^Mann, Benjamin W.; Krall, Madison A.; Parks, Melissa M.; Krebs, Emily; Maison, Kourtney; Jensen, Robin E. (2021). "Strategic Place-Making and Public Scientific Outreach in the American Chemical Society's National Historic Chemical Landmarks Program". Science Communication. doi:10.1177/10755470211006685. ISSN 1075-5470.
^"International and Local Section Landmarks". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^"Bakelite: The World's First Synthetic Plastic". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Chandler Laboratory at Lehigh University". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Joseph Priestley, Discoverer of Oxygen". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Edward W. Morley and the Atomic Weight of Oxygen". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^ a b"Foundations of Polymer Science: Wallace Carothers and the Development of Nylon". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Acetyl Chemicals from Coal Gasification". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Universal Oil Products (UOP) Riverside Laboratory". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Williams-Miles History of Chemistry Collection at Harding University". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Houdry Process for Catalytic Cracking". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Modern Water-based Paint: Kem-Tone Wall Finish". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Sohio Acrylonitrile Process". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Commercialization of Radiation Chemistry". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Electrolytic Production of Bromine". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Hall Process: Production and Commercialization of Aluminum". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Gilman Hall at the University of California, Berkeley". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Tagamet: Discovery of Histamine H2-receptor Antagonists". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Discovery of the Commercial Processes for Making Calcium Carbide and Acetylene". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"U.S. Synthetic Rubber Program". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Havemeyer Hall at Columbia University". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Fluid Bed Reactor". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"C.V. Raman: The Raman Effect". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Foundations of Polymer Science: Hermann Staudinger and Macromolecules". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Percy Julian: Synthesis of Physostigmine". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Antoine Laurent Lavoisier: The Chemical Revolution". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Marker Degradation: Russell Marker and Progesterone Synthesis". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Separation of Rare Earth Elements by Charles James". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Discovery of Polypropylene and High-Density Polyethylene". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Discovery and Development of Penicillin". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Smith Memorial Collection at the University of Pennsylvania". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Discovery of Helium in Natural Gas". American Chemical Society. National Historic Chemical Landmarks. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Moses Gomberg and Organic Free Radicals". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Discovery of Transuranium Elements at Berkeley Lab". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Joseph Priestley: Discoverer of Oxygen (Bowood House)". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Nucleic Acid and Protein Research at Rockefeller University". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Charles Herty and the Savannah Pulp and Paper Laboratory". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Hall Process: Production and Commercialization of Aluminum". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"John W. Draper and the Founding of the American Chemical Society". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"National Institute of Standards and Technology". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Norbert Rillieux and a Revolution in Sugar Processing". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Discovery of Vitamin C by Albert Szent-Györgyi". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Noyes Laboratory at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Alice Hamilton and the Development of Occupational Medicine". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Frozen Foods Research: Time-Temperature Tolerance Studies". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^"Discovery of Camptothecin and Taxol". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Foundations of Polymer Science: Herman Mark and the Polymer Research Institute". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"High Performance Carbon Fibers". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
^"Development of the Beckman pH Meter". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Cotton Products Research". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Carl and Gerty Cori and Carbohydrate Metabolism". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"George Washington Carver: Chemist, Teacher, Symbol". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Selman Waksman and Antibiotics". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
^"Columbia Dry Cell Battery". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2016-05-15. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Neil Bartlett and Reactive Noble Gases". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Development of Baking Powder by Eben Horsford". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Tide Synthetic Detergent". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Food Dehydration Technology". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2013-02-23. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Scotch Transparent Tape". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Chemistry at Jamestown". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Production and Distribution of Radioisotopes at Oak Ridge National Laboratory". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Penicillin Production through Deep-tank Fermentation". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Acrylic Emulsion Technology". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Development of the Pennsylvania Oil Industry". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2013-02-23. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Deciphering the Genetic Code". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Development of Diagnostic Test Strips". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Discovery of Fullerenes". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"NMR and MRI: Applications in Chemistry and Medicine". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"DayGlo Fluorescent Pigments". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Legacy of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^"Mellon Institute of Industrial Research". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
^"R. B. Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
^"Flavor Chemistry Research USDA ARS Western Regional Research Center". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
^"Thomas Edison, Chemist". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
^"I. M. Kolthoff and Modern Analytical Chemistry". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
^"Rachel Holloway Lloyd, Pioneer American Woman in Chemistry". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
^"The Keeling Curve: Studies of Atmospheric CO2". National Historic Chemical Landmarks. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
^"Kelly Pneumatic Iron Process". Kelly Pneumatic Iron Process. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 11 Aug 2015.
^"National Historic Chemical Landmarks". Edwin Land and Instant Photography. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 11 Aug 2015.
^"National Historic Chemical Landmarks". Discovery and Isolation of Phytochrome. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 11 Aug 2015.
^"Radiocarbon Dating - American Chemical Society". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
^"The Vitamin B Complex". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^"Discovery of Ivermectin". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^"Infrared Spectrometer and the Exploration of Mars". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^"Chlorofluorocarbons and Ozone Depletion". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^"Plutonium-238 Production for Space Exploration". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 21 Oct 2019.
^"St. Elmo Brady". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 21 Oct 2019.
^"Steroid Medicines and Upjohn: A Profile of Chemical Innovation". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 21 Oct 2019.
^"Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 19 Nov 2019.