How super glue was invented | Moments of Vision 8 - Jessica Oreck

Kako je bilo izumljeno sekundno lepilo | Trenutki vizije 8 - Jessica Oreck

Translator: Nika Kotnik Reviewer: Matej Divjak

In a Moment of Vision...

[V trenutku vizije...]

1940-ta, smo na vrhuncu druge svetovne vojne, Rochester, New York.

It's the 1940s, the height of World War II, Rochester, New York.

Kemik po imenu Harry Coover dela raziskavo za Eastman Kodak.

A chemist by the name of Harry Coover is conducting research for Eastman Kodak.

He and his team are looking for a clear plastic

Skupaj s svojo ekipo iščejo prozorno plastiko

to produce precision gunsights for the military.

za izdelavo optičnega merka za vojsko.

They begin working with a family of chemicals called cyanoacrylates,

Začeli so delati s skupino kemikalij, imenovano cianoakrilati,

but find, to their extreme annoyance,

in odkrili, na nesrečo,

that the chemicals stick to everything permanently.

da se te kemikalije permanentno nalepijo na vse.

The cyanoacrylates are discarded.

Cianoakrilate zavržejo.

After the war, Coover is working at Kodak's chemical plant in Tennessee.

Po vojni Coover dela v Kodakovi kemični tovarni v Tennesseeju.

This time, he and his team are researching

Tokrat s svojo ekipo raziskuje

heat-resistant polymers for jet airplane canopies.

na toploto odporne polimere za pokrov pilotske kabine.

Poskusili so s cianoakrilati, a jezno ugotovili,

They try cyanoacrylates, but find, to their great frustration,

that the chemicals stick to everything permanently.

da se te kemikalije permanentno lepijo na vse.

Again, the cyanoacrylates are discarded.

In cianoakrilate spet zavržejo.

Coover pa, v trenutku vizije,

Coover, however, in a moment of vision,

realizes that the quality that makes these chemicals so infuriating to work with

spozna, da kar dela te kemikalije tako nadležne,

is exactly what makes them valuable.

jih dela tudi dragocene.

He takes out a patent and begins marketing a super glue.

Naredi patent in jih začne oglaševati kot sekundno lepilo.

Years later during the Vietnam War,

Leta kasneje v vietnamski vojni

field medics find that using super glue on an open wound

zdravstveno osebje ugotovi, da uporaba tega lepila na odprti rani

instantly stops the bleeding,

nemudoma ustavi krvavitev

saving countless lives.

in s tem reši mnoga življenja.

Danes se medicinsko sekundno lepilo še vedno uporablja pri operacijah,

Today, medical grade super glue is still used in surgery,

but it's also a nearly indispensable household item.

a je obenem nepogrešljiv pripomoček v gospodinjstvu.