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Bakelite
Bakelite
( , sometimes spelled
Baekelite
), or
polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride
, is an early
plastic
. It is a
thermosetting
phenol formaldehyde resin
, formed from a
condensation reaction
of
phenol
with
formaldehyde
. It was developed by
Belgian
-born chemist
Leo Baekeland
in
New York
in 1907.
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