Bakelite

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Assorted References

aldehydes
- In aldehyde: Formaldehyde
molecular structure
- In chemistry of industrial polymers: Linear, branched, and network
phenolic resins
- In phenol: Formation of phenol-formaldehyde resins
- In major industrial polymers: Phenol formaldehyde
plastics
- In history of technology: Plastics
work of Baekeland
- In Leo Baekeland

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Ijraset Journal For Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology - Review- Using Ground Bakelite as Alternative Solution for the Replacement of Fine Aggregate.	Aakanksha Gaur	Oct 19, 2024
	Add new Web site: Victoria and Albert Museum - Old Treatment, New Problem: Bakelite as a Consolidant.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 04, 2023
	Add new Web site: American Chemical Society - Leo Hendrick Baekeland and the Invention of Bakelite.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 14, 2022
	Add new Web site: University of Houston - Engines of Our Ingenuity - Leo Baekeland and Bakelite.	Emily Rodriguez	May 17, 2022
	Article thoroughly revised and updated.	William L. Hosch	Jul 22, 2009
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998