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Bakelite
Bakelite Trade name (coined by its inventor US chemist Leo
Baekeland) for a thermosetting plastic used for insulating purposes and in making paint. It was the first
plastic made by the process of condensation, in which many molecules of two chemicals (in this case phenol and formaldehyde) are joined together to form large polymer molecules, by splitting off water molecules.
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Bakelite: just right: we asked one longtime Antiques Roadshow appraiser to tell us why Bakelite is busting out all over--and how to protect yourself from "fakelite.".(JEWELRY)
Magazine article from: Antiques Roadshow Insider; 8/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...pieces made from a thermoset plastic known as Bakelite. Just a plastic? No! Bakelite has superseded its own "lowly" moniker and...Developed in the late 1920s for industrial uses, Bakelite became popular among manufacturers of costume...
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Bright and beautiful BAKELITE; Local woman turns colorful plastics into lucrative business
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 11/7/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Pottberg explains, "and ring tubes." Bakelite bracelet and ring tubes, to be exact...Pottberg scooped up the tubes and other Bakelite pieces at an auction 17 years ago, at the site of a former Bakelite factory in New York City. Today, the...
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Retro chic doesn't come cheap: Bakelite is back in fashion but this time it's moved out of the bargain basement
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 10/24/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...telephones and television sets. Now Bakelite, the precursor to modern plastics...15 times that price. "My favourite Bakelite piece is the classic Bush TV22 television...Versatile, durable and colourful, Bakelite once formed part of everyday life for...
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100 years later, Bakelite shines: Part 1 of 2.(Special Report)( Leo Hendrik Baekeland )
Magazine article from: Plastics News; 8/6/2007; 700+ words
; When Leo Hendrik Baekeland invented Bakelite in 1907, he changed the world - ushering...as a key material in Art Deco design. Bakelite was the first truly synthetic plastic...This year marks the 100th anniversary of Bakelite. Baekeland filed his famous heat and...
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100 years later, Bakelite shines: Part 2 of 2.(Special Report)(Leo Hendrik Baekeland)
Magazine article from: Plastics News; 8/6/2007; 700+ words
; ...notes also list the more user-friendly Bakelite.'' Soon, that brand would be known...the garage.'' That was how the first Bakelite was made for sale in 1909. Baekeland...anything can happen but the formation of Bakelite.'' New business model Baekeland publicly...
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Beyond Bakelite. (plastic jewelry)
Magazine article from: WWD; 12/7/1990; ; 700+ words
; Beyond Bakelite NEW YORK -- Plastic is coming on strong...hair accessories. Especially popular is Bakelite, either the genuine article or modern...and jewelry. "I've been collecting Bakelite forever, and it took a lot of research...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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BAKELITE -- ONE AMAZING PLASTIC.(Living)(Site-seeing)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 11/28/2007; 700+ words
; ...button collectors salivate. It's called Bakelite. Buttons were just one of many items...home1024e.htm -- According to the Bakelite Museum site, Leo Hendrik Baekeland was...Parry has created a pretty good primer on Bakelite and other plastics. Oh, and in case...
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Beyond Bakelite: The Mid-Century Plastics
Magazine article from: Antiques & Collecting Magazine; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...new collection was born! I loved Bakelite jewelry, but could not afford it on my Public Television salary. Bakelite, at that time, was a hot and expensive...Sotheby's sale of Andy Warhol's Bakelite jewelry collection caused a sensation...
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LENOX POLYMERS LTD. LICENSES TECHNOLOGY TO BAKELITE AG OF GERMANY
PR Newswire; 8/4/1993; 700+ words
; ...entered into a license agreement with Bakelite AG, a 100-percent-owned division...applications. The agreement licenses Bakelite AG to use certain Lenox proprietary lignin...United States, Canada and Mexico. Bakelite AG has recently opened a sales office...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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BAKELITE DESIGNS PRIZED.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 9/27/1993; 700+ words
; ...the '30s, '40s and '50s, including Bakelite flatware, as America nears the end of the century. Bakelite was one of the earlier plastics, a serendipitous...inventions are all now highly prized. Since Bakelite doesn't easily catch fire or melt...
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Bakelite
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bakelite [for its inventor, L. H. Baekeland...balls, pipestems, and umbrella handles. Bakelite is a condensation polymer of formaldehyde...bound three-dimensional network. A Bakelite-type resin can also be formed using...
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Bakelite P.
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
Bakelite P. name of synthetic resin used as plastic. XX. f. name of L. H. Baekeland , Belgian-Amer. inventor (1863–1944); see -ITE
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Baekeland, Leo
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
...molding of this plastic, which he named Bakelite and patented in 1909. It was a superhard...1910 Baekeland founded the General Bakelite Corporation in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, which began producing Bakelite on a commercial scale the following...
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Leo Hendrik Baekeland
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944) invented Bakelite, the first plastic to be used widely...synthesize shellac but instead discovered Bakelite, the first successful plastic. Earlier...patented this process in 1909 and formed the Bakelite Corporation the following year to market...
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Decorative Plastic Laminate
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...the first totally synthetic plastic, Bakelite. The material was resistant to heat...experiments included impregnating paper with Bakelite resin and then compressing it under molds...began by impregnating heavy canvas with Bakelite resin, and by 1913 they had applied...
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