MEP EP#314: Plastic Deg-Ra-Dation with Scott Hansen of Retro-Brite

MEP EP#314: Plastic Deg-Ra-Dation with Scott Hansen of Retro-Brite

Our guest this week is Scott Hansen, Founder of Retro-Brite. Scott holds an B.A. in Finance from the University of South Dakota and Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M.

• Previously Scott was on MacroFab Engineering Podcast episodes
  • EP#77: The IdeaFab Podcast
  • EP#223: The Inverted Success Funnel – IdeaFab
  • EP#296: IdeaFab – Does This Podcast Change The World?
• Scott’s background at NASA
  • Thermal Systems Engineer
• Retro-Brite
  • Why plastics yellow?
  • Chromophores
  • Reversing the yellowing process
  • Blog posts
    • Into/Summary into plastic yellowing
    • Chromophores
    • Mechanisms of Degradation
    • What Happens In The Plastic?
    • Does Bromine Cause Yellowing?