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1. Bakelite
   A synthetic patented in 1909, bakelite, also called catalin, was used in jewelry extensively during the U.S. Great Depression of the 1930's. Bakelite can be molded, lathe-carved, and one color can be inlaid into another, as in polka dots. The inlaid and carved pieces are especially popular with coll...
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2. Bakelite
   [n] - (trademark) a thermosetting plastic used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc.
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3. Bakelite
   A plastic, a dense synthetic polymer (a phenolic resin) that was used to make jewellery, game pieces, engine parts, radio boxes, switches, and many, many other objects. Bakelite was the first industrial thermoset plastic (a material that does not change its shape after being mixed and heated). Bakel...
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4. Bakelite
   A trademarked thermosetting hardened synthetic resin material commonly used for electrical insulators, telephone receivers and assorted industrial manufacturing.
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5. Bakelite
   A rigid plastic used as an engraving material or as a matrix material for making rubber stamps. It is commonly called phenolic or melamine.
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6. bakelite
   bakelite is a thermosetting phenol formaldehyde Category: The chemical industry
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7. Bakelite
   A durable, opaque, easily dyed plastic patented by Leo Backland in 1907. It is a 'thermosetting' plastic - the ingredients heated under pressure in a mould, resulkting in a very hard, heat-resistant material. Bakelite was used for cheap ART DECO jewellery, in the form of imitation amber or jet buckles, for example - ornaments and numerous other art …
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8. Bakelite
   noun a thermosetting plastic used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc.
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9. Bakelite
   synthetic resin formed from the chemical combination of phenols and formaldehydes. Bakelite is a hard, infusible, and chemically resistant plastic ... [4 related articles]
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10. Bakelite
    Bakelite (t {USdict|bāk′(ə)līt}), or polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, is an early plastic. It is a thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin, formed from an elimination reaction of phenol with formaldehyde, usually with a wood flour filler. It was developed in 1907 by Belgian chemist Leo Ba...
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11. Bakelite
    Bakelite (bā'kulīt) [for its inventor, L. H. Baekeland], synthetic thermosetting resin. It has been widely used both alone, to form whole objects, and in combination with other materials, as a laminate or a surface coating. It was used as a substitute for hard rubber, amber, or cellu...
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12. Bakelite
    Bakelite is a strong synthetic material resistant to heat and chemicals.
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13. Bakelite
    First synthetic plastic, created by Belgian-born US chemist Leo Baekeland in 1909. Bakelite is hard, tough, and heatproof, and is used as an electrical insulator. It is made by the reaction of phenol with methanal (formaldehyde), producing a powdery resin that sets solid when heated. Objects are made by subjecting the resin to compression mould...
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14. bakelite
    A thermosetting plastic that is highly durable and easily dyed. Patented by leo baekland in 1907. It is heat resistant, very hard and opaque. Used for low cost art deco jewellery in imitation of jet buckles and everything from ashtrays to radios.
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