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Artistic Chemistry

  • May 10, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Sculptor Patricia Billings set out to create an indestructible plaster, but wound up inventing GeoBond®, an unbreakable, fireproof material. The nontoxic stuff has been called the first workable replacement for asbestos, an insulating fiber that can cause lung disease.

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