Roelof Houwink

Roelof Houwink (1897–1988) was a Dutch polymer scientist, educated at the University of Delft. He worked at Philips starting in 1925. From 1939 to 1956 he was director-general of the TNOs Rubberinstituut^[1] in Delft.^[2]

The Mark-Houwink equation is named jointly after Herman F. Mark and him.

Publications

• Elasticity, Plasticity and Structure of Matter, 1937, Cambridge University Press, London^[3]