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Thiokol
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Thiokol (thī´ōkôl),
n.pr brand name for polysulfide polymer using a mercaptan bond. The basic ingredient of rubber-base impression materials. See also mercaptan.


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The subsequent investigation showed this was an accident that could have been avoided had Nasa heeded the warning from Roger Boisjoly, an engineer at one of its contracted companies, Morton Thiokol.
Hardy then reminded the engineers that the contract of their employer, Morton Thiokol, which built the shuttle boosters, "is coming up for renewal soon," in an attempt to intimidate them into silence.
The price was high for Roger Boisjoly, a senior scientist at Morton Thiokol, Inc.
 
 
 
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