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LDPE was the first grade of polyethylene. It was discovered by worker at Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) using a high pressure process and free radical polymerization. Major innovations were made in the 1950 by commercial, governmental, and university labs, focusing especially on catalysts, which allowed the production of PE without free radicals. Some of this work led to the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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